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Why do we store silver chloride in dark coloured bottles?

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Silver chloride is kept (stored) in dark coloured bottles because it is light-sensitive. It gets decomposed to produce fine particles of silver metal.
`2AgCloverset("Light")to2Ag+Cl_(2)`
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