Tuesday, December 19, 2017

thermodynamics - Phosphorus standard state


Why is white phosphorus considered to be the standard state of phosphorus although it is only metastable? Red phosphorus is thermodynamically more stable than white phosphorus, yet it is not the standard state.




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