Which quantity must be determined experimentally in order to determine the bonding atomic radius of an atom?

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Which quantity must be determined experimentally in order to determine the bonding atomic radius of an atom? 

(a) The distance from the nucleus where the probability of finding an electron goes to zero. 

(b) The distance between the nuclei of two atoms that are bonded together. 

(c) The effective nuclear charge of an atom.

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

14th Edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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