Question

What do you mean by atomic radius?
What are the three types of atomic radius?
What are their order ?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The atomic radius of a chemical element is a measure of the size of its atoms, usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the nucleus to the boundary of the surrounding shells of electrons. Electrons do not have definite orbits, or sharply defined ranges.

2. Three widely used definitions of atomic radius are: Van der Waals radius

ionic radius

covalent radius.

Answer 2

Answer: The atomic radius of a chemical element is a measure of the size of its atoms, usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the nucleus to the boundary of the surrounding shells of electrons.

Three widely used definitions of atomic radius are: Van der Waals radius, ionic radius, and covalent radius.