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Are all reactions redox reactions?

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No.There are other reactions
Redox reaction is a type of chemical reaction, and is the result of electron transfer between chemical species

Examples of non redo reactions

​​​​ there are precipitation reactions (which don't have electron transfer), e.g. silver cation and chloride anion combining to make silver chloride, a slightly soluble compound. Also barium sulfate will precipitate.

Hydrolysis of polysaccharides and proteins: with the assistance of enzymes, water is use to break up polysaccharides into simple sugars.

There are many more

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