VanDerWaalsRadius

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Auxiliary function
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 4.8, Creation date: 2019-12-13, Last change: 2025-09-14

returns the van der Waals Radius in pcm that can be used for a Kalottenmodel

Description

100 pm = 1 Angström
This function will be extented to colors and atom core radi

See Also:

Example Illustration

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Syntax

[r,E]=VanDerWaalsRadius([Str])

Input Parameter

Str: String abbreviation of the element such as 'H' or "He' etc.

Output Parameter

r: radius if exisiting for the element
E: Solid Geometry of the V-d-W-Sphere

Examples


VanDerWaalsRadius('Xe') % Xenon
VanDerWaalsRadius('H')
[~,O]=VanDerWaalsRadius('O')
[~,H]=VanDerWaalsRadius('H')
H=SGtransP(H,[96 0 0]);
SGfigure; SGplotalpha(H); SGplotalpha(O);



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