Which of the following is correct?

Question

Which of the following is correct? (A) van der Waals’ radius of chlorine is bigger than nitrogen. (B) Covalent radius of nitrogen is bigger than chlorine. (C) van der Waals’ radius of chlorine is smaller than nitrogen. (D) All are correct

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

The van der Waals’ radius of chlorine (0.18 nm) is greater than nitrogen (0.15 nm).

Q. Which of the following is correct?

van der Waals’ radius of chlorine is bigger than nitrogen.

Covalent radius of nitrogen is bigger than chlorine.

van der Waals’ radius of chlorine is smaller than nitrogen.

All are correct

The van der Waals’ radius of chlorine (0.18 nm) is greater than nitrogen (0.15 nm).