A light sensitive compound ‘X’ of silver is used in black and white photography. On exposure to sunlight its colour changes to grey.

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A light sensitive compound ‘X’ of silver is used in black and white photography. On exposure to sunlight its colour changes to grey.
i. Identify ‘X’.
ii. Write a chemical equation to express the above change.
iii. Identify the type of chemical reaction.

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answered Feb 8, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 30
selected Feb 8, 2018 by sforrest072
 
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The correct answer is

iii. Type of chemical reaction is photochemical decomposition reaction.

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