Silver chloride undergoes decomposition in presence of sunlight.TrueFalse (2024)

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Silver halides especially Silver chloride and Silver bromide undergo decomposition in presence of sunlight to produce silver metal and a halogen gas (chlorine or bromine gas).

The reactions are as follows:

2AgCl(s)sunlight2Ag(s)+Cl2(g)

2AgBr(s)sunlight2Ag(s)+Br2(g)

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