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Wikipedia says element 120 might be the last element possible to synthesize with current technology. Is this true? And if so, why can’t we synthesize further elements with our current technology? What new technology would we need to synthesize heavier elements like 121, 122?
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I don’t see why there would be any hard cutoff at Z = 120. In principle, as long as you can find a beam and target combination such that their compound nucleus has a Z for at least 121, there’s nonzero probabaility that you’ll end up with some isotope of that element. Your experiment may have to run for a year, but that doesn’t mean it’s physically impossible to produce.