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1. Chemical State

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   Thermodynamics of State Population
   In bulk matter, the chemical state is not singular but represented by a statistical ensemble, governed by the partition function, $Z$. The probability of a system being found in state $n$ at a given temperature $T$ is given by the Boltzmann distribution:
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