State the colour change when white silver chloride is exposed to sunlight. What type of chemical reaction is this?

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When silver chloride is exposed to sunlight the white colour of silver chloride changes to grey. This is a photochemical decomposition reaction.

$2 A g C l (s) \to 2 A g (s) + C l_{2} (g)$

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