Today, Google reminded all of us that February 8 is the birthday of Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of Periodic Table of Elements. It's been a decade since I last used this table, and yet it continues to fascinate.
As on today, the Element 118, temporarily named Ununoctium, is currently the newest element in this table.
Richard Feynman predicted that number 137 defines the table’s upper limit: Adding any more protons would produce an energy that can be measured only by an imaginary number, rendering element 138 and higher impossible.
We are yet to reach there… Let's see what happens.
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