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Old 28-06-2009, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Robh View Post
Interesting, Ron.

I'm no expert on the elements but out of curiosity (fishing around in wikipedia), I found out that the exact number of physically possible elements is unknown. The light speed limit on orbiting electrons in very large shells gives a theoretical limit to the atomic number Z of 173.
However, it is likely that the periodic table ends much earlier, around Z=126, soon after the "island of instability". The scientists quest is to determine this endpoint.

Regards, Rob
Rob, I believe you
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