There are either two He and Ne. These are truly complete as there are no more empty orbitals in their outer shells.
If you allow argon it has 3d orbitals empty and then so do the rest of the noble gases, so there would be more than 3.
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Elements in the third row of the Periodic Table, such as sodium and magnesium, have three electron shells. These elements have the electron configuration that includes the first, second, and third energy levels or shells.
If it has three outer electrons, it's in group 3. It has 2 shells, so it's in period 2. In periodic table this corresponds to B, boron.
All elements in period three have three electron shells. They also have increasingly higher atomic numbers and exhibit a range of properties from nonmetals to metals as you move across the period.
Elements with incomplete penultimate shells include transition metals (elements in groups 3-12) and inner transition metals (lanthanides and actinides). These elements have partially filled d or f orbitals in their penultimate energy level. Examples include elements like chromium, copper, and uranium.
Magnesium has the same number of atomic shells as sodium. Both elements have 3 atomic shells.
There are 18 elements in period 4 of the periodic table, corresponding to 4 shells.
The elements potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), and cesium (Cs) each contain the same number of atomic shells as sodium.