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Question
Explain the Silver nitrate solution is kept in coloured reagent bottles in the laboratory.
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Solution
\[\ce{2AgNO3->[sunlight]2Ag + 2NO2 + O2}\]
Silver nitrate gets decomposed by sunlight. Hence silver nitrate is stored in coloured reagent bottles.
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