vigram Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hi, I am a grade 12 student studying in Dubai Modern High School and i believe that i have found the maximum number of elements possible. Please reply to thread if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 If you want to discuss it, discuss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 ! Moderator Note Sunshaker - I hid your hijack. Please do not advertise your own thread in another's. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 ! Moderator Note Sunshaker - I hid your hijack. Please do not advertise your own thread in another's. Thanks i had no intention of hijacking, i enjoy thinking on the periodic table, i just replied with a simple table i had made, Can i at least state i believe there are a possible 172 elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 i had no intention of hijacking, i enjoy thinking on the periodic table, i just replied with a simple table i had made, Can i at least state i believe there are a possible 172 elements. ! Moderator Note Sure. In your own thread and with ample explanation / evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaDave9 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 The higher elements are radioactively unstable. The heavier elements are so unstable they quickly decay. For that reason I don't think there is a definite maximum number of elements. These higher elements were created in laboratories and don't exist in nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 The higher elements are radioactively unstable. The heavier elements are so unstable they quickly decay. For that reason I don't think there is a definite maximum number of elements. These higher elements were created in laboratories and don't exist in nature. If there is no upper limit imposed by other forces, gravity seems to impose the minimum size of a neutron star, whose structure seems inconsistent with an atom because neutron stars contain electrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 The higher elements are radioactively unstable. The heavier elements are so unstable they quickly decay. For that reason I don't think there is a definite maximum number of elements. These higher elements were created in laboratories and don't exist in nature. There should be a maximum, since the nuclear force saturates but adding protons increases the repulsion. You will reach a size where you can no longer form a bound state with an added proton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 There should be a maximum, since the nuclear force saturates but adding protons increases the repulsion. You will reach a size where you can no longer form a bound state with an added proton. Is that the point at which rather than decaying quickly the new element doesn't form in the first place? And yr next post will be a landmark - 24k posting (k can stand for thousand or karat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Is that the point at which rather than decaying quickly the new element doesn't form in the first place? And yr next post will be a landmark - 24k posting (k can stand for thousand or karat) It shouldn't form in the first place, though the possibility of magic numbers (more tightly bound nuclei for filled shells) makes it a more complicated situation than just looking at electrostatic repulsion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 It shouldn't form in the first place, though the possibility of magic numbers (more tightly bound nuclei for filled shells) makes it a more complicated situation than just looking at electrostatic repulsion. 24k gold! Grats and thanks so much, Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 kudos indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 *Bows, takes Cal-Ripken lap around the field* All of that without any performance-enhancing drugs, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts