Assertion: White silver chloride turns grey in sunlight.
Reason: Sunlight decomposes silver chloride.
Choose the correct option out of the following.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is option 1. Both assertion and reason are correct, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
White silver chloride turns grey in sunlight.
This is due to the decomposition of silver chloride into silver and chlorine by light.
2AgCl(s) → 2Ag(s) + Cl2(g)