Eli5
When new elements get discovered theoretically they tend to be towards the end of the periodic table, why can there not be an element that has 1000 protons, neutrons and electrons ? Or other multiples of each ?
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Because the strong force isn’t strong enough to bind the atom when it gets large enough, and the weak force wins, yeeting particles away.
Those aren’t adjectives by the way, the weak and strong forces are two of the four fundamental forces of nature. The other two being electromagnetism and gravity.
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