Question

Robin kept 2 g. of Silver chloride in a bowl and kept in the sunlight. After sometime, he

found silver chloride turned grey. Illustrate this with a balanced chemical equation.​

Answer 1

Answer:

When 2gAgCl is kept in sunlight then AgCl breaks down into Ag and Cl  

2

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. The colour of silver chloride turns to grey.

The following change can be represented by the chemical reactions,

2AgCl  

(s)

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sunlight

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2Ag  

(s)

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+Cl  

2

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(g)

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This type of reaction is an example of photochemical decomposition reaction

Explanation: