Input interpretation
carbon silicon | van der Waals radius
Results
carbon | 170 pm (picometers) silicon | 210 pm (picometers)
Relative values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons carbon | | 0.81 | 1 | 19% smaller silicon | | 1 | 1.24 | 24% larger
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Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Atomic radii properties
| carbon | silicon atomic radius (empirical) | 70 pm | 110 pm atomic radius (calculated) | 67 pm | 111 pm covalent radius | 76 pm | 111 pm van der Waals radius | 170 pm | 210 pm
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