posted on 2023-05-25, 23:52authored byCanty, AJ, Deacon, GB
Structural studies of mercury compounds are evaluated to providing definite evidence that the van der Waals radius of mercury is in the range 1.7-2.0 A. A general value for the radius should lie at the conservative end of the range, hence 1.73 A, conveniently corresponding to Grdenic's largely neglected upper limit for any form of bonding, is proposed.
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Publication title
Inorganica Chimica Acta
Volume
45
Pagination
L225-L227
ISSN
0020-1693
Publication status
Published
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