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The common ore of antimony, stibnite, SbS3, can be analyzed utilizing an iodometric titration technique. The sample is dissolved using HCl, and titrated using I3- to a starch endpoint. The half reactions are: H3SbO3 + H2O= H3SbO4 + 2H+ + 2e-, and I3- +2e- = 3I-. Determine the %Sb in an ore sample if 0.3472 g of stibnite ore required 38.46 mL of 0.05032 M I2 to reach a starch endpoint.