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Half the internuclear distance between two atoms bonded by a single covalent bond.
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Covalent radius is half of the internuclear separation between the nuclei of two single-bonded atoms of the same species (homonuclear).

While van der Waals radius is used to define half of the distance between the closest approach of two non-bonded atoms of a given element.


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