van der Waals radius
nounEtymology
Named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals, the first to recognise that atoms were not simply points and to demonstrate the physical consequences of their size.
Definitions
The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from…
The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from one atom to another.
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