By Atomic Mass
The elements on the periodic table are arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
Atomic Number
Mendeleev's version of the Periodic Table was organized by increasing mass. The modern periodic table is now organized by atomic number.
The symbol for carbon is C. Its atomic number is 6 and its atomic mass is 12.0107.
By Atomic Mass
The elements on the periodic table are arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
The atomic number is the whole # on the periodic table or the # of protons in an atom. The atomic mass is the # that is not the whole # on the periodic table, or you can multiply the mass of the isotope by its abundance and add the answers together.
Atomic Number
Mendeleev's version of the Periodic Table was organized by increasing mass. The modern periodic table is now organized by atomic number.
elements atomic mass and number
number of protons = atomic mass
The symbol for carbon is C. Its atomic number is 6 and its atomic mass is 12.0107.
the benefit is that you can tell the atomic number atomic mass its symbol and where it is on the periodic table
The modern periodic table is arranged according to the elements' atomic numbers.
Mendeleev's table was arranged by atomic mass and the periodic table is arranged by protons (atomic number).
Because the periodic table is organized by atomic number, not by atomic mass. The general trend in the periodic table is a higher atomic mass as you go up atomic number, but there are exceptions.