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Assertion: White silver chloride turns grey in the presence of sunlight.Reason: In the presence of the sunlight, silver chloride decomposes into silver metal and chlorine gas

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Assertion: White silver chloride turns grey in the presence of sunlight.Reason: In the presence of the sunlight, silver chloride decomposes into silver metal and chlorine gas

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The assertion and the reason are both correct and the reason correctly explains the assertion. When white silver chloride is exposed to sunlight, it decomposes to form silver metal, which is grey, and chlorine gas. This is why the white silver chloride turns grey in sunlight.

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