Covalent radii revisited (2008 values)

This is a set of covalent atomic radii (Ref. 1) deduced from crystallographic data for most of the elements with atomic numbers up to 96. These data show a well behaved periodic dependence that allowed interpolation for a few elements for which structural data is lacking, notably the noble gases. These values remove some inconsistencies in earlier covalent radii values. Additional graphs for these data will appear shortly.
Image showing periodicity of the chemical elements for covalent radii revisited (2008 values) in a bar chart.
Image showing periodicity of the chemical elements for covalent radii revisited (2008 values) in a bar chart.

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Select from the following links to see visual periodicity representations for atomic radii, covalent radii, and van der Waals radii. Ionic radii are also available.

Literature sources

  1. Beatriz Cordero, Verónica Gómez, Ana E. Platero-Prats, Marc Revés, Jorge Echeverría, Eduard Cremades, Flavia Barragán and Santiago Alvarez, in "Covalent radii revisited", Dalton Trans., 2008, [DOI: 10.1039/b801115j].
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