Input interpretation
dying low mass star elements | van der Waals radius
Summary
median | 175 pm highest | 217 pm (tin) lowest | 140 pm (helium) distribution | | (based on 17 values; 31 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
antimony | barium | bismuth | cerium | cesium | dysprosium | erbium | europium | gadolinium | hafnium | ... (total: 31)
Plot
Plot
Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Atomic radii properties
atomic radius (empirical) | median | 155 pm | highest | 260 pm (cesium) | lowest | 65 pm (nitrogen) | distribution | atomic radius (calculated) | median | 186 pm | highest | 298 pm (cesium) | lowest | 31 pm (helium) | distribution | covalent radius | median | 152 pm | highest | 244 pm (cesium) | lowest | 28 pm (helium) | distribution | van der Waals radius | median | 175 pm | highest | 217 pm (tin) | lowest | 140 pm (helium) | distribution |
Units
Distribution plots
(van der Waals radius in picometers)
Van der Waals radius rankings
1 | helium | 140 pm 2 | nitrogen | 155 pm 3 | mercury | 155 pm 4 | cadmium | 158 pm 5 | palladium | 163 pm 6 | gold | 166 pm 7 | carbon | 170 pm 8 | silver | 172 pm 9 | platinum | 175 pm 10 | lithium | 182 pm 11 | indium | 193 pm 12 | thallium | 196 pm 13 | iodine | 198 pm 14 | lead | 202 pm 15 | tellurium | 206 pm 16 | xenon | 216 pm 17 | tin | 217 pm (based on 17 values; 31 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median van der Waals radius 175 pm
0.175 nm (nanometers)
1.75×10^-10 meters
6.89×10^-9 inches
1.75 Å (ångströms)
Comparisons for median van der Waals radius 175 pm
≈ 5.6 × atomic radius of helium (the smallest atom) ( ≈ 31 pm )
≈ 7 × atomic radius of hydrogen ( ≈ 25 pm )