How come there are no gaps in the table? If there are 118 elements currently, and the next element to be discovered/created has an atomic number of 120, would there just be a gap at 119th position?
How come we managed to find/create every element without any gaps in the periodic table?
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There would just be a gap, and in some outdated periodic tables, there are gaps where we discovered elements out of order. We’ve discovered every element up to 118 because radioactive elements *generally* become less stable the heavier they are, so we’re more likely to discover them in order from lightest to heaviest.
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