Answer» - The atomic radius of a chemical element is a measure of the size of its atoms, usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the NUCLEUS to the boundary of the SURROUNDING shells of electrons
- The covalent radius, rcov, is a measure of the size of an atom that forms part of one covalent bond. It is usually measured either in picometres or angstroms, with 1 Å = 100 pm. In principle, the sum of the two covalent radii should equal the covalent bond length between two atoms, R = r(A) + r(B)
- The Van DER Waals radius is equal to one half the distance between two unbonded atoms when the electrostatic forces between them are balanced. In other words, it is half of the CLOSEST distance between two atoms that aren't BONDED or within the same molecule
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