Which property of an atom's structure was used to organize the periodic table?

A. outermost electron

B. total electrons

C. total protons

D. outermost protons

Question

Which property of an atom's structure was used to organize the periodic table?


  A. outermost electron
 
 

  

  B. total electrons
   
   

 
 

  

  C. total protons
   
   

 
 

  

  D. outermost protons

anonymous · Answer

C. total protons

anonymous · Answer

Because the  different elements are arranged in the increasing order of their atomic number and repeating chemical/physical properties.

doc.brown · Answer

Cram an electron onto a copper atom and it's still copper.  Just a copper atom with more electrons stuck to it.
Cram another proton, and you've got zinc.