Black phosphorus is the thermodynamically stable form of phosphorus at room temperature and pressure.

In other words, there is only one thermodynamically stable contact angle.

These varying thermodynamically stable contact angles are known as metastable states.

If the nuclei were larger than some critical radius then it would be thermodynamically stable and could start to grow.

All values refer to 25 C and to the thermodynamically stable standard state at that temperature unless noted.

At standard temperature and pressure, graphite is the thermodynamically stable form.

This means that given time the more thermodynamically stable product will be favored.

This dictates that an oxide becomes less thermodynamically stable with increasing temperature.

Absorption spectroscopy allows the study of samples that are thermodynamically stable at room temperature.

Others are not thermodynamically stable and will dimerise slowly over days.