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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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The more pieces there are, the more mass it has, and the more energy it takes to hold the atom together. That’s why hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and the stuff at the other end is more exotic. There are limits where the amount of energy it would take to hold the atom together just won’t happen naturally.
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