The first chemist to organize elements by atomic number was Henry Moseley. He established the modern periodic law, which states that the properties of elements are a periodic function of their atomic numbers, leading to the arrangement of the periodic table by atomic number rather than atomic weight.
Who was the first chemist to organize elements by atomic number?
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
Antoine Lavoisier
Henry Moseley
John Newlands
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