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The interplay of temperature (kinetic energy) and attractive interactions between molecules in condensed phases determine the partition equilibrium of a chemical between these phases. Molecules concentrate in phases where they gain the most interaction energy but temperature (kinetic energy) causes them to also occur in all other phases to some degree.

	A kinetic view on equilibrium partitioning
	Equilibrium partitioning in quantitative terms
	Equilibrium partitioning and the free energy of partitioning
	Other remarks