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Is atomic radius and atomic size the same?

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Atomic size is the distance from the nucleus to the valence shell where the valence electrons are located. ... Atomic radius is a more definite and measureable way of defining atomic size. It is the distance from the center of one atom to the center of another atom in a homonuclear diatomic molecule.

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