Since element numbers are based on protons, why can’t they just add more to discover element 119, 120, etc?
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We been making them, but bigger elements are less stable. Adding more protons requires slamming them together at high speed and hoping they stick. Even in the best of circumstances this is difficult to achieve, but when they’re so unstable it gets *really* improbable that they actually stick.
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