reference state

of an element
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The state in which the element is stable at a chosen standard-state pressure and for a given temperature.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1239. 'Notation for states and processes, significance of the word standard in chemical thermodynamics, and remarks on commonly tabulated forms of thermodynamic functions' on page 1249 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254061239)