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Explain why Silver chloride when kept in the open turns grey with a balanced chemical equation.

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Detailed Solution

The reaction of silver chloride in the presence of sunlight is as follows:

2AgCl2Ag+Cl2

Because elemental silver, which is grey in color, is produced when silver chloride breaks down, the color of silver chloride changes from white to grey.
It is a type of photolytic decomposition reaction.

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