van der waalsraadii always higher than covalent radii of same atom why
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The main reason for why the van der Waals radius is greater than the covalent radius is that it does not take into account overlap. ... When two atoms form a covalent bond, their electron clouds overlap. In essence, that is what a covalent bond really is - an overlap between orbitals.
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