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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem A. 2009 May 14;113(19):5806–5812. doi: 10.1021/jp8111556

TABLE 12.

Consistent van der Waals Radii for All Main-Group Elements a

H
1.10		 He
1.40
Li
1.81		 Be
1.53 		B
1.92 		C
1.70		 N
1.55		 O
1.52		 F
1.47		 Ne
1.54
Na
2.27		 Mg
1.73		 Al
1.84 		Si
2.10		 P
1.80		 S
1.80		 Cl
1.75		 Ar
1.88
K
2.75		 Ca
2.31 		Ga
1.87		 Ge
2.11 		As
1.85		 Se
1.90		 Br
1.83		 Kr
2.02
Rb
3.03 		Sr
2.49 		In
1.93		 Sn
2.17		 Sb
2.06 		Te
2.06		 I
1.98		 Xe
2.16
Cs
3.43 		Ba
2.68 		Tl
1.96		 Pb
2.02		 Bi
2.07 		Po
1.97 		At
2.02 		Rn
2.20
Fr
3.48 		Ra
2.83
a

Bold values are from the present work, value for H is from Rowland and Taylor, and other values are from Bondi