Update vdW radii to CRC handbook values #2122
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Summary
This PR updates the
van_der_waals_radius
data used by theElement
class from Wikipedia data to the latest values in the in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Important changes from the previous values include:H
down by 0.1 angstrom as recommended in a critical review by Rowland and TaylorAll data, and the justification for which values were chosen, can be found in
"Atomic Radii of the Elements" in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 91st Ed.; Haynes, W.M., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2010.