In Science
- The atomic number of sodium.
- In chemistry, Group 11 includes the three coinage metals copper, silver, and gold known from antiquity. It also includes the superheavy element roentgenium, which was discovered only recently.
- The number of spacetime dimensions in M-theory.
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