Definition:Atom (Physics)/Diameter
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Definition
The diameter of an atom (considered approximately spherical) is between about $1$ and $5$ angstroms.
Sources
- 1958: C.A. Coulson: Electricity (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics
- 1978: A.P. French and Edwin F. Taylor: An Introduction to Quantum Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Simple models of the atom: $\text {1-1}$: Introduction