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Explain how a redox reaction involves electrons in the same way that acid-base reaction involve protons

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Redox reaction stands for reduction/oxidation reaction whereas acid-base reaction involves acid and base in its reaction.
Acid-base reaction involves the transfer of protons whereas redox reaction involves the transfer of electrons. Thus in both the case, a charged species is transferred from one molecule to another.
In case of redox reaction, oxidation involves loss of electrons and reduction involves gain of electrons. Thus, one substance gets oxidized (acts as reducing agent and donates electrons) while other gets reduced (acts as oxidizing agent and gains electrons).
Similarly, in acid-base reaction one substance accepts proton while other releases proton. Thus, one substance is called conjugate acid (the base that accepts protons) and other is called conjugate base (acid that donates protons).
Thus reducer and oxidizer are analogous terms for acid and base respectively.

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The definition of acids and bases by Arrhenius Theory was modified and extended by Bronsted-Lowry.

Bronsted-Lowry defined acid as a molecule or ion which donates a proton while a base is a molecule or ions that accepts the proton. This definition can be extended to include acid -base titrations in non-aqueous solutions.

In this theory, the reaction of an acid with a base constitutes a transfer of a proton from the acid to the base.

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$H_2O$ accepts the H⁺ ion ,thus it is a Bronsted-Lowry base.

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The rate law for this reaction is [A]².

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