Covalent radius

The covalent radius is defined as half the distance between two atoms of the same element that are covalently bonded. It depends on the type of bond (single, double, ...) and the electronegativity of the bonding partners.

ElementCovalent radius
1HHydrogen31 ±5 pm
2HeHelium28 pm
3LiLithium128 ±7 pm
4BeBeryllium96 ±3 pm
5BBoron84 ±3 pm
6CCarbon76 pm
7NNitrogen71 ±1 pm
8OOxygen66 ±2 pm
9FFluorine64 pm
10NeNeon58 pm
11NaSodium166 ±9 pm
12MgMagnesium141 ±7 pm
13AlAluminum121 ±4 pm
14SiSilicon111 pm
15PPhosphorus107 ±3 pm
16SSulfur105 ±3 pm
17ClChlorine102 ±4 pm
18ArArgon106 ±10 pm
19KPotassium203 ±12 pm
20CaCalcium176 ±10 pm
21ScScandium170 ±7 pm
22TiTitanium160 ±8 pm
23VVanadium153 ±8 pm
24CrChromium139 ±5 pm
25MnManganese139 ±5 pm
26FeIron132 ±3 pm
27CoCobalt126 ±3 pm
28NiNickel124 ±4 pm
29CuCopper132 ±4 pm
30ZnZinc122 ±4 pm
31GaGallium122 ±3 pm
32GeGermanium122 pm
33AsArsenic119 ±4 pm
34SeSelenium120 ±4 pm
35BrBromine120 ±3 pm
36KrKrypton116 ±4 pm
37RbRubidium220 ±9 pm
38SrStrontium195 ±10 pm
39YYttrium190 ±7 pm
40ZrZirconium175 ±7 pm
41NbNiobium164 ±6 pm
42MoMolybdenum154 ±5 pm
43TcTechnetium147 ±7 pm
44RuRuthenium146 ±7 pm
45RhRhodium142 ±7 pm
46PdPalladium139 ±6 pm
47AgSilver145 ±5 pm
48CdCadmium144 ±9 pm
49InIndium142 ±5 pm
50SnTin139 ±4 pm
51SbAntimony139 ±5 pm
52TeTellurium138 ±4 pm
53IIodine139 ±3 pm
54XeXenon140 ±9 pm
55CsCaesium244 ±11 pm
56BaBarium215 ±11 pm
57LaLanthanum207 ±8 pm
58CeCerium204 ±9 pm
59PrPraseodymium203 ±7 pm
60NdNeodymium201 ±6 pm
61PmPromethium199 pm
62SmSamarium198 ±8 pm
63EuEuropium198 ±6 pm
64GdGadolinium196 ±6 pm
65TbTerbium194 ±5 pm
66DyDysprosium192 ±7 pm
67HoHolmium192 ±7 pm
68ErErbium189 ±6 pm
69TmThulium190 ±10 pm
70YbYtterbium187 ±8 pm
71LuLutetium187 ±8 pm
72HfHafnium175 ±10 pm
73TaTantalum170 ±8 pm
74WTungsten162 ±7 pm
75ReRhenium151 ±7 pm
76OsOsmium144 ±4 pm
77IrIridium141 ±6 pm
78PtPlatinum136 ±5 pm
79AuGold136 ±6 pm
80HgMercury132 ±5 pm
81TlThallium145 ±7 pm
82PbLead146 ±5 pm
83BiBismuth148 ±4 pm
84PoPolonium140 ±4 pm
86RnRadon150 pm
87FrFrancium(260 pm)
88RaRadium221 ±2 pm
89AcActinium215 pm
90ThThorium206 ±6 pm
91PaProtactinium200 pm
92UUranium196 ±7 pm
93NpNeptunium190 ±1 pm
94PuPlutonium187 ±1 pm
95AmAmericium180 ±6 pm
96CmCurium169 ±3 pm
104RfRutherfordium(157 pm)
105DbDubnium(149 pm)
106SgSeaborgium(143 pm)
107BhBohrium(141 pm)
108HsHassium(134 pm)
109MtMeitnerium(129 pm)
110DsDarmstadtium(128 pm)
111RgRoentgenium(121 pm)
112CnCopernicium(122 pm)
113NhNihonium(176 ±4 pm)
114FlFlerovium(174 ±3 pm)
115McMoscovium(157 ±1 pm)
116LvLivermorium(164 ±2 pm)
117TsTennessine(156 pm)
118OgOganesson(157 pm)