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Question:

2g of silver chloride is taken in a china dish and the china dish is placed in sunlight for sometime. What will be your observation in this case?

Solution:

When 2g AgCl is kept in sunlight then AgCl breaks down into Ag and Cl₂. The colour of silver chloride turns to grey. The following change can be represented by the chemical reactions, 2AgCl(s) →sunlight 2Ag(s) + Cl₂(g) This type of reaction is an example of photochemical decomposition reaction.