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Offline vhpk

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Why does the radius of Ga < the radius of Al, in theory it must be bigger
« on: August 27, 2007, 12:16:09 AM »
Why does the radius of Ga < the radius of Al, in theory it must be bigger
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Re: IIIA
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2007, 12:49:07 AM »
According to wikipedia, the radius of Ga (130pm) > the radius of Al (125pm)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium
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Re: Why does the radius of Ga < the radius of Al, in theory it must be bigger
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2007, 06:46:39 AM »
Quote from: vhpk on August 27, 2007, 12:16:09 AM
Why does the radius of Ga < the radius of Al, in theory it must be bigger

Are you measuring (or looking up) comparable values?

Ga3+, for instance is possibly smaller than Al...

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