Question
On which atomic property proposed by Henry Moseley is the current periodic table of the elements based?(1 point)
Responses
atomic number
atomic number
nucleus size
nucleus size
atomic weight
atomic weight
electric charge
Responses
atomic number
atomic number
nucleus size
nucleus size
atomic weight
atomic weight
electric charge
Answers
GPT-5 mini
atomic number
(Moseley showed that element properties correlate with nuclear charge/atomic number, so the periodic table is arranged by atomic number rather than atomic weight.)
(Moseley showed that element properties correlate with nuclear charge/atomic number, so the periodic table is arranged by atomic number rather than atomic weight.)