Sodium has one electron in its outermost shell, or energy level. This is because sodium's atomic number is 11, meaning it has 11 electrons in total, with the electron configuration of 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s¹. The outermost shell, which is the third shell in this case, contains this single electron.
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