Question

What happens when silver chloride is exposed to sun light?write a chemical equation for this reaction.give one use of such a reactions.

Answer 1

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Silver chloride when exposed to sunlight decomposes into silver and chlorine and the white colour of silver chloride turns grey.

Equation - 

AgCl (s) → 2Ag (s) + $Cl_{2} }$ (g)

The above reaction are used in black and white photography.



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Answer 2

Answer:

On exposure to sunlight, silver chloride decomposes into silver metal and chlorine gas. It is white crystalline in appearance and naturally occurs as mineral chlorargyrite. This reaction is used in white and black photography because of the light sensitivity of silver ions.