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Question
Give reason for the following:
Silver salts are kept in dark coloured bottles.
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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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