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Why do we store silver chloride in a dark coloured bottle?

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Why do we store silver chloride in a dark coloured bottle?

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Silver chloride is stored in dark coloured bottles.

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Silver chloride is a white solid. However, it is very sensitive to sunlight and decomposes in the presence of light to form silver (grey in colour) and chlorine.

\[\ce{2AgCl_{(s)} ->[Sunlight] \underset{Grey}{2Ag_{(s)}} + Cl2_{g)}}\]

In order to avoid action by sunlight, it is kept in a coloured bottle.

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