MCQ
Silver nitrate solution is kept in brown bottles in laboratory because
  • A
    it reacts with ordinary white bottles
  • brown bottles cut the passage of light through
  • C
    brown bottles do not react with it
  • D
    ordinary bottles catalyse its decomposition

Answer

Correct option: B.
brown bottles cut the passage of light through
b
Silver nitrate decomposes in presence of sunlight. To prevent this decomposition, silver nitrate is placed in brown colour bottles as sunlight cannot pass through brown colour bottles.

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