This is a nice survey of different ways of defining atomic radii.

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This is a nice survey of different ways of defining atomic radii. There turns out to be good physical reasons behind what, at first glance, look like arbitrary choices in the definitions.

How big is an atom? Why atomic size has no single answer
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-quest-to-understand-where-atoms-end/4022813.article

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