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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.

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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.

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He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn

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carbon

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sulfur

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