  The difference of temperatures between an impurity and the surrounding gas in
an open vibrated granular system is studied. It is shown that, in spite of the
high inhomogeneity of the state, the temperature ratio remains constant in the
bulk of the system. The lack of energy equipartition is associated to the
change of sign of the pressure diffusion coefficient for the impurity at
certain values of the parameters of the system, leading to a segregation
criterium. The theoretical predictions are consistent with previous
experimental results, and also in agreement with molecular dynamics simulation
results reported in this paper.
