Which characteristic is not a periodic trend? A. atomic radius

B .electron affinity

C. ionization energies

D .number of elements in a group

a. hope i'm right

explanation:

answer: atomic mass was originally used to arrange elements on the periodic table, but is no longer used to organize the modern version.

explanation:

originally atomic mass was used to arrange elements on the periodic table from left to right in a row. each column then shows similar properties of elements of a group.

in modern periodic table, the atoms are arranged in increasing atomic number. as atomic number represents the number of protons in an atom which is unique for every atom.