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How can chemists state with certainty that no one will discover an element that would appear on the periodic tabl between sulfur and chlorine

How can chemists state with certainty that no one will discover an element that would appear on the periodic tabl between sulfur and chlorine
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how can chemists state with certainty that no one will discover an element that would appear on the periodic tabl between sulfur and chlorine

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Because elements are based off of #of protons and there is no such thing as half a proton so it's either sulfur or chlorine
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