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How big is a metal atom?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The atomic radius is different for each chemical element. For metals the range is between 100 pm and 250 pm (pm is picometer).
For example beryllium has an empirical radius of 105 pm and for americium this radius is 175 pm.

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