Chemistry
Explain : 'Silver nitrate solution is kept in coloured reagent bottles in the laboratory.'
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Silver nitrate decomposes in the presence of sunlight, forming silver, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen. Hence, it is kept in coloured reagent bottles.
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