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Do you think there is a limit to the size of Atoms scientist can make? prove with evidence.

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  1. 4 May, 10:39
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    Yes, there is a limit to the size of atoms that scientists can make.

    Explanation:

    In the nucleus, atoms contain protons and neutrons. It is known that as the number of protons in the nucleus increases, the atom becomes unstable due to the repulsion of positively charged protons clumped together in the small space of the nucleus.

    However, an attractive force exists between neutrons and protons which binds the nucleus together and minimizes repulsion between protons. Even neutrons have recently been found to slightly repel each other.

    Several attempts made at synthesizing many very heavy elements lately have proved abortive because the elements only exist for a few fractions of a second owing to large repulsion between the particles in the nucleus.

    This goes a long way to show that there is a limit to the number of protons and neutrons that can be assembled together to form a new nucleus. We cannot bring an unlimited number of nucleons together to form new atoms due to inter particle repulsive forces.
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