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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryClassification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesJEE Main

The covalent radius of Li is 123 pm. The crystal (metallic) radius of Li will be:

Answer: (A)

Solution

Covalent radius is measured from the shorter, strongly-overlapping covalent bond distance, whereas metallic bonding involves weaker, more diffuse electron delocalization with somewhat

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