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What happens when silver chloride is exposed to sunlight ? Write a chemical equation for this reaction. Also give one use of such a reaction .

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When silver chloride is exposed to light, it decomposes to form silver metal and chlorine gas.
`2AgCl(s)overset("Sunlight")rarr2Ag(s)+Cl_(2)(g)`
This reaction is used in black and white photography.
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