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Balancing Redox Reactions: Acidic Solutions
6. Chemical Quantities & Aqueous Reactions / Balancing Redox Reactions: Acidic Solutions / Problem 2

A 0.175 g sample of a specific semimetal M heated in air yielded the corresponding oxide MO2. The reaction required 17.50 mL of 0.550 M MnO4 when the oxide was dissolved in aqueous acid and titrated with KMnO4

H2MO3(aq) + MnO4(aq) → Mn2+(aq) + H2MO4(aq) (unbalanced)

Give the name of the semimetal M.

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