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Describe an activity to demonstrate the change that takes place when white silver chloride is kept in sunlight.

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Describe an activity to demonstrate the change that takes place when white silver chloride is kept in sunlight. State the type of chemical reaction which takes place.

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Activity: Take a small quantity of silver chloride and place it in a china dish. Keep this china dish in sunlight. Observation: After some time, white silver chloride turns grey in sunlight. This occurs due to photochemical decomposition of silver chloride.

Conclusion:
Decomposition of silver chloride is a photochemical decomposition reaction.​

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