We currently know that there are atoms with atomic number up to 118 are possible.
Is it possible that atoms with 120 protons are possible, but that atoms with 119 protons aren't possible? Or are there theoretical arguments or maybe heuristic arguments why this can't happen?
I suspect the answer to be yes, because technetium and promethium have no stable forms while the elements surrounding it in the periodic table do have stable forms. A similiar thing might happen here. The more general question: Does there exist $k > l > 118$ such that atoms with $k$ protons are possible, but that atoms with $l$ protons aren't possible?
It is not a duplicate of The last element's atomic number. I wonder whether there could be 'gaps' in the periodic table, not what the last element's atomic number is.
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