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ThomasJNewton
2 years ago

Actually or usually or in school, the 2 are completely different things.

  • In redox reactions, Electronics transfer.
  • In acid-base reactions protons transfer.

As a rule, it is because hydrogen is generally the more electropositive partner. If a proton is transmitted, it changes from an electron pair that does not belong to it to another one that does not belong to it.

However, if hydrogenf is the more negative partner, this looks different. So sodium hydride reacts with water to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen:
NaH + H2O -> NaOH + H2.
This is both an acid-base reaction, because the hydride ion H- is a strong base and removes a proton from the water, i.e. also a redox reaction, because an H atom has the oxidation number -1, the other +1, and both thereafter 0.
Above all, this is more of the upper level or perhaps even of the university.

karotte1386824
2 years ago

no, an acid-base reaction is not a redox reaction, since no electron transfer takes place in an acid-base reaction; however, redox reactions are an upper term for acid-base reactions

ThomasJNewton
2 years ago
Reply to  karotte1386824

You contradict yourself.