Input interpretation
phosphorus carbon | van der Waals radius
Results
phosphorus | 180 pm (picometers) carbon | 170 pm (picometers)
Relative values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons carbon | | 0.94 | 1 | 6% smaller phosphorus | | 1 | 1.06 | 6% larger
Plot
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Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Atomic radii properties
| phosphorus | carbon atomic radius (empirical) | 100 pm | 70 pm atomic radius (calculated) | 98 pm | 67 pm covalent radius | 107 pm | 76 pm van der Waals radius | 180 pm | 170 pm
Units