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TOTAL ENERGY OF A SYSTEM

The energy of a system (E) includes potential energy, kinetic energy, heat energy and any other type of energy, which the system possesses.

Total energy (E) of a molecule can be approximately presented as the sum of the electronic (Eel), oscillatory (Eosc) and rotatory (Erot) components:

E = Eel + Eosc + Erot,

where usually Eel >> Eosc >> Erot