2 g of silver chloride is taken in a china dish and the china dish is placed in sunlight for sometime, What will be your observation in this case ? Write the chemical reaction involved in the form of a balanced chemical equation. Identify of chemical reaction.
We will observe that the colour of silver chloride is white but when it is kept in sunlight it breaks down to form silver and chlorine. Hence, the colour changes to grey.
It is the photolytic decomposition reaction.