Question

short note on covalent radius with 10 points

Answer 1

Covalent radius is half of the internuclear separation between the nuclei of two single-bonded atoms of the same species (homonuclear). While van der Waals radiusis used to define half of the distance between the closest approach of two non-bonded atoms of a given element.

Answer 2

The covalent radius, rcov, is a measure of the size of an atom that forms part of one covalent bond.