The largest and smallest atoms.
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Element | Symbol | Atomic number |
Atomic radius in nanometers |
---|---|---|---|
hydrogen | H | 1 | 0.037 |
helium | He | 2 | 0.05 |
lithium | Li | 3 | 0.152 |
beryllium | Be | 4 | 0.111 |
boron | B | 5 | 0.088 |
carbon | C | 6 | 0.077 |
nitrogen | N | 7 | 0.070 |
oxygen | O | 8 | 0.066 |
fluorine | F | 9 | 0.064 |
neon | Ne | 10 | 0.070 |
sodium | Na | 11 | 0.186 |
magnesium | Mg | 12 | 0.160 |
aluminum | Al | 13 | 0.143 |
silicon | Si | 14 | 0.117 |
phosphorus | P | 15 | 0.110 |
sulfur | S | 16 | 0.104 |
chlorine | Cl | 17 | 0.099 |
argon | Ar | 18 | 0.094 |
potassium | K | 19 | 0.231 |
calcium | Ca | 20 | 0.197 |
scandium | Sc | 21 | 0.162 |
titanium | Ti | 22 | 0.146 |
vanadium | V | 23 | 0.134 |
chromium | Cr | 24 | 0.127 |
manganese | Mn | 25 | 0.126 |
iron | Fe | 26 | 0.126 |
cobalt | Co | 27 | 0.125 |
nickel | Ni | 28 | 0.124 |
copper | Cu | 29 | 0.128 |
zinc | Zn | 30 | 0.138 |
gallium | Ga | 31 | 0.122 |
germanium | Ge | 32 | 0.122 |
arsenic | As | 33 | 0.121 |
selenium | Se | 34 | 0.117 |
bromine | Br | 35 | 0.114 |
krypton | Kr | 36 | 0.109 |
rubidium | Rb | 37 | 0.244 |
strontium | St | 38 | 0.215 |
yittrium | Y | 39 | 0.180 |
zirconium | Zr | 40 | 0.160 |
niobium | Nb | 41 | 0.146 |
molybdenum | Mo | 42 | 0.139 |
technetium | Tc | 43 | 0.136 |
ruthenium | Ru | 44 | 0.134 |
rhodium | Rh | 45 | 0.134 |
palladium | Pd | 46 | 0.137 |
silver | Ag | 47 | 0.144 |
cadmium | Cd | 48 | 0.154 |
indium | In | 49 | 0.162 |
tin | Sn | 50 | 0.140 |
antimony | Sb | 51 | 0.141 |
tellurium | Te | 52 | 0.137 |
iodine | I | 53 | 0.133 |
xenon | Xe | 54 | 0.130 |
cesium | Cs | 55 | 0.262 |
barium | Ba | 56 | 0.217 |
lanthanum | La | 57 | 0.187 |
cerium | Ce | 58 | 0.182 |
praseodymium | Pr | 59 | 0.182 |
neodymium | Nd | 60 | 0.182 |
promethium | Pm | 61 | |
samarium | Sm | 62 | |
europium | Eu | 63 | 0.204 |
gadolinium | Gd | 64 | 0.179 |
terbium | Tb | 65 | 0.177 |
dysprosium | Dy | 66 | 0.177 |
holmium | Ho | 67 | 0.176 |
erbium | Er | 68 | 0.175 |
thulium | Tm | 69 | 0.174 |
ytterbium | Yb | 70 | 0.193 |
lutetium | Lu | 71 | 0.174 |
hafnium | Hf | 72 | 0.158 |
tantalum | Ta | 73 | 0.146 |
tungsten | W | 74 | 0.139 |
rhenium | Re | 75 | 0.137 |
osmium | Os | 76 | 0.135 |
iridium | Ir | 77 | 0.136 |
platinum | Pt | 78 | 0.138 |
gold | Au | 79 | 0.144 |
mercury | Hg | 80 | 0.157 |
thallium | Tl | 81 | 0.171 |
lead | Pb | 82 | 0.175 |
bismuth | Bi | 83 | 0.146 |
polonium | Po | 84 | 0.15 |
astatine | At | 85 | 0.14 |
radon | Rn | 86 | 0.14 |
francium | Fr | 87 | 0.27 |
radium | Ra | 88 | 0.220 |
actinium | Ac | 89 | 0.1065¹ |
thorium | Th | 90 | 0.180 |
protactinium | Pa | 91 | |
uranium | U | 92 | 0.14 |
neptunium | Np | 93 | |
plutonium | Pu | 94 | |
americium | Am | 95 | |
curium | Cm | 96 | |
berkelium | Bk | 97 | |
californium | Cf | 98 | |
einsteinium | Es | 99 | |
fermium | Fm | 100 | |
mendelevium | Md | 101 | |
nobelium | No | 102 | |
lawrencium | Lr | 103 | |
rutherfordium | Rf | 104 | |
dubnium | Db | 105 | |
seaborgium | Sg | 106 | |
bohrium | Bh | 107 | |
hassium | Hs | 108 | |
meitnerium | Mt | 109 | |
darmstadtium | Ds | 110 | |
roentgenium | Rg | 111 | |
copernicium | Cn | 112 | |
nihonium | Nh | 113 | |
flerovium | Fl | 114 | |
moscovium | Mc | 115 | |
livermorium | Lv | 116 | |
tennessine | Ts | 117 | |
oganesson | Og | 118 |
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