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Give reason why white silver chloride turns grey in sunlight

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Answered by Anonymous
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Silver chloride turns grey when kept in sunlight.

Explanation:
Silver chloride which is white colour turns to grey colour silver due to decomposition reaction which occur in presence of sunlight. Such reactions are called as Photo chemical reactions.
Here chlorine gas will escape.

Silver chloride (s)---> Silver(s) + Chlorine.(g)
 
           Sunlight
2AgCl(s)-------------> 2Ag(s)+Cl2(g)
 white                       Grey

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