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From: Zumot, Elia Nabil (enz1_at_pitt.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 19 2012 - 20:12:38 CST

Dear VMDers,

Any reason why VMD shows sodium ions to be bigger than chloride when it should be the other way around?

In crystals the radius of Na+ is 0.095 nm and that of Cl- 0.181 nm.

Thanks

Elia Zomot

Elia Zomot, PhD
Computational and Systems Biology Department
School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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