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explain how chemists can state with certainty that no one will discover an element between sulfur and chlorine?
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explain how chemists can state with certainty that no one will discover an element between sulfur and chlorine?

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Elements are distinguished based on their number of protons. Chlorine has exactly one proton more than sulfur. Since there cannot be fractions of protons, there can be no element between sulfur and chlorine on the periodic table.
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