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Which one of the following is correctly shown ? 

Option: 1

Covalent radius > metallic radius > vanderwaal's radius 


Option: 2

metallic radius > vanderwaal's radius  > Covalent radius


Option: 3

 metallic radius  > covalent radius > vanderwaal's radius 


Option: 4

vanderwaal's radius > metallic radius > covalent radius 


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Metallic Radius -

Metal atoms are assumed to be closely packed spheres that are considered to touch one another in metallic crystals.Metallic radius > covalent radius.

Vaderwaal's radius is the distance between 2 similar atoms, hence it is largest than the metallic and covalent radius.

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Kshitij

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