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Standard State and ΔH°

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A standard state is a fixed reference condition, materials at 1 bar and solutions at 1 M, and ΔH° marks a change under it.

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A table listing ΔH° values for many reactions lets chemists compare them on one shared footing, regardless of when each was measured.

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ΔH°, carrying its standard-state superscript, and an ordinary ΔH under unstated conditions are not interchangeable labels.