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Core dictionary version 3.0.14

_atom_type.radius_contact

Name:
_atom_type.radius_contact

Alias:
_atom_type_radius_contact

Definition:

   
     The effective inter-molecular bonding radius of this atom type.

Type: Real

Units: angstroms


The permitted range is 0.0 → 5.0

Evaluation method:

     _atom_type.radius_contact =  _atom_type.radius_bond + 1.25

Category:
atom_type


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.