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(a)IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL REACTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN SILVER CHLORIDE PLACED IN SUNLIGHT AND DEFINE IT.HOW WILL THE COLOR OF THE SALT CHANGE. (b)WRITE THE CHEMICAL EQUATION FOR THE REACTION. (c)MENTION THE COMMERCIAL USE OF THE SALT.
Silverchloride on exposure to sunlight for sometime becomes grey .This is due to the decomposition of  silverchloride into silver and chlorine by sunlight .
The equation for the reaction can be written as ,

2AgCl (s)  _________>   2Ag (s)    +  Cl2  (g)

A silver chloride electrode is a type of reference electrode commonly used in electrochemical measurement  .


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