Input interpretation
semiconductors | atomic diameter
Results
germanium | 250 pm (picometers) silicon | 220 pm (picometers) tellurium | 280 pm (picometers)
semiconductors | atomic diameter | 250 pm (picometers) (median)
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 3 | silicon | | 0.79 | 1 2 | germanium | | 0.89 | 1.14 1 | tellurium | | 1 | 1.27
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Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Atomic radii properties
| germanium | silicon | tellurium atomic radius (empirical) | 125 pm | 110 pm | 140 pm atomic radius (calculated) | 125 pm | 111 pm | 123 pm covalent radius | 120 pm | 111 pm | 138 pm van der Waals radius | (unknown) | 210 pm | 206 pm
Units
Unit conversions for median atomic diameter 250 pm
0.25 nm (nanometers)
2.5×10^-10 meters
9.84×10^-9 inches
2.5 Å (ångströms)
Comparisons for median atomic diameter 250 pm
≈ ( 0.2 ≈ 1/4 ) × carbon nanotube diameter ( ≈ 1 nm )
≈ 0.74 × diameter of a carbon atom ( ≈ 340 pm )
≈ (0.00249 to 3.4) × diameter of a molecule ( 0.74 to 1000 Å )