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Account for the following :
(a) White silver chloride turns grey in sunlight.
(b) Brown coloured copper powder on heating in air turns into black coloured substance.

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(a) Silver chloride turns grey on exposure to sunlight because of the following reaction :
`2AgCl overset("Sunlight")(to)underset("(grey)")underset("Metallic silver")(2Ag+Cl_(2))`
(b) Oxidation of copper powder takes place. The oxide formed has a black colour.
`underset("Brown")(2Cu)+O_(2)overset("Heat")(to)underset("Black")(2CuO)`
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