Abstract
Important data sets of crystallographic van der Waals radii covering major portions of the Periodic Table are reviewed, including those originally published in Pauling’s pioneering work in the late 1930s, together with other more recent data sets. The van der Waals radii for rare gases are determined next from short contact distances in crystallographic data, as an illustration of the value of crystal structure databases for the direct determination of van der Waals radii for non-metallic elements. Then, van der Waals radii for the other non-metallic and metallic elements, as presented in the literature and having been determined using various approaches, are compared systematically. Finally, certain outstanding problems related to the derivation and application of van der Waals radii are discussed, and further investigations of crystallographic van der Waals radii are suggested.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Professor S. S. Batsanov of Moscow for his contribution in presenting the valuable monograph “Experimental foundations of structural chemistry”. We are also indebted to Academician Professor Khi-Rui Tsai (also known as Qi-Rui Cai) of Xiamen University for his continuous and stimulating interest in this challenging research, which is dedicated to him on the occasion of his centenarian birthday.
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