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The key defining characteristic between elements is the number of protons their atoms have. The Periodic Table is organized by increasing atomic numbers which are the number of protons each atom has. So a new element would be given an atomic number equal to the number of protons it has, then placed wherever it lands in numerical order with the all the existing elements.

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