One of the following properties was originally used to arrange elements on the periodic table, but is no longer used to organize the modern version. Which property fits this description?

Early versions of the periodic table arranged elements mainly by increasing atomic mass. The modern periodic table is organized by increasing atomic number, which is the number of protons in an atom. So atomic mass is the property that was used originally but is no longer the organizing rule.

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