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I have a two-part question regarding the Periodic Table. Technetium filled a "gap" when it was discovered. What does that mean? Second question: can we continue to create new elements by simply adding new electrons endlessly, or does there seem to be a limit to the number of possible elements?

by /u/EightWhiskey in /r/askscience

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