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Even though There are 118 elements on the periodic table, why is uranium the heaviest

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Uranium is not the heaviest element. Uranium is the heaviest natural occuring element. The elements after uranium donot exist naturally. Either, they are artificially created in laboratories, or their existence is limited to supernovas or stars. They are highly unstable, and they undergo radioactive decay.

So, The heaviest element known to man is ununoctium. But, heaviest stable / naturally occuring element is uranium.

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