Question

I know that there are some elements in the Modern Periodic Table that were developed by scientists in the lab, but it was today I started to ponder, how does somebody 'create' an element?

An Element is a pure chemical substance with a distinguishable atomic mass that is composed of ONE type of atom and CANNOT be broken down into simpler substances, right?
But then how did a scientist 'make' an element?*
For somebody to make an element, you can't just go Abracadabra and create something out of nothing! You have to make it out of other stuff. If that were the case, then it wouldn't be an element, because it has more that one type of atom and can be broken down into other substances. It would be a mixture or compound.

Big Question:
How does somebody "create" an element?

Answer 1

To understand this question, we have to look at the term fusion, which in chemistry means combining of two elements atomically to create a new element. Therefore if element A having x electrons, x protons and p neutrons and element B having y electrons, y protons and q neutrons undergo fusion, element C will be created with x+y electrons, x+y protons and p+q neutrons