. Can. J. Chem. 59, 1074 (1981). With the definition of a "screening factor" o, transforming the nuclear charge Z, of an atom k into an "effective" nuclear charge Zk* = Z,ok, the total energy E = E(Z,*, Zl*, ...) of a molecule at equilibrium can be expressed as a homogeneous function of degree yla in Z,*, Zl*, ..., i.e. E = -C,Z,'~/~, wherea is theaverage ofthe a,'s (a, = a InZ,a,la In Z,) and y = (Vne + 2Vnn)/E isafunction of the nuclear-electronic, nuclear-nuclear, and total energies. Molecular energies calculated in this manner agree within 0.045% (average deviation) with their SCF counterparts. The sums of the orbital energies are correctly predicted from the equation xvigurb = (3 -y)E. A separation of the individual nuclear-electronic and nuclear-nuclear contributions to the total potential energy V(k, mol)of eachnucleus k indicates that the K , m ' l L f a~t~r~ of theenergy formula E = &KkmU1V(k, mol) are constant for each typeof atom, thus stressing the basic homogeneity of the total energy rather than of the electronic energy only. They function, which is the inverse of the molecular average of the Kkm""s, can be estimated in a simple way from atomic data. = (3 -y ) E La separation des contributions noyau-electron et noyau-noyau I'knergie potentielle totale V(k, mol) de chaque noyau k revele que les facteurs Kkm"' de la formule E = 1 , KkmU1V(k, mol) sont des constantes pour chaqueespece atornique, en confirmant ainsi I'hommogeneite de I'energie totale plut8t que celle de 1'6nergie electronique seulement. La fonction y, qui est I'inverse de la moyenne moleculaire des facteurs Kkm0', peut Ctre facilement deduite a partir de donnkes atomiques.