In the Brønsted–Lowry concept of acids and bases, acid– base reactions are viewed as proton-transfer reactions. The stronger the acid, the weaker is its conjugate base. If we were to think of redox reactions in a similar way, what particle would be analogous to the proton? Would strong oxidizing agents be analogous to strong acids or strong bases? [Sections 20.1 and 20.2]

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Hello everyone today we are being presented with the following statement and then asked to determine which of the following statements is true. So it says a bronze said lori is defined, defined acid based reactions as proton transfer reactions where a weak acid will have a strong conjugate base in terms of a redox reaction, which of the following statements is true. So A says electrons are analogous to protons and a strong base is analogous to a strong oxidizing agent and so is going to go ahead and be our answer for this question here recall that oxidizing agents are reduced and when they are reduced they gain electrons. So we're gonna say gain electrons and a strong oxidizing agent in this example would be analogous to a strong base because strong bases also gain electrons. I hope this helped. And until next time.