ICSE Class 9 Chemistry Question 11 of 18

Chemical Changes & Reactions — Question 1

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Question 1(1986)

Explain : 'Silver nitrate solution is kept in coloured reagent bottles in the laboratory.'

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As silver nitrate gets decomposed by sunlight to produce the respective metal, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen gas, hence it is kept in coloured reagent bottles.

2AgNO3Δ2Ag+2NO2+O22\text{AgNO}_3\xrightarrow{\Delta} 2\text{Ag} + 2\text{NO}_2 + \text{O}_2