Okay, so I understand that the number of protons in an atom defines the element. But why are there only 118 of them? Can’t we keep on adding protons to an atom to create new elements?

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There is not just 118 of them. We have just been able to make and measure 118 of them, and it so happens to neatly fill the rows of the periodic table of elements. We have found some evedince that there is elements beyond the 118 we currently know about but these are extremely unstable and we have therefore been unable to do any measurements of their properties.