Input interpretation
group 14 elements | nuclear radius
Ranked values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons carbon | | 0.7539 | 1 | 24.61% smaller silicon | | 1 | 1.326 | 32.64% larger
Nuclear radius rankings
1 | carbon | 2.181 fm 2 | silicon | 2.892 fm (based on 2 values; 4 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median nuclear radius 2.536 fm
2.536×10^-15 meters
9.986×10^-14 inches
Comparisons for median nuclear radius 2.536 fm
≈ 0.9 × classical electron radius ( ≈ 2.8×10^-15 m )
≈ 3 × proton root-mean-square charge radius ( ≈ 8.4×10^-16 m )