* Take one drop of the suspension
of white silver chloride (obtained in the previous
experiment)
into the sun light.
* Place it into bright sun
light while a second drop is kept dark by a black film canister.
Observation
(Photo): A black precipitate is formed where light has access.
Explanationm:
This
is another example of a redox reaction:
At any place reached by
the light (Greec: phos) an electron transfer takes place from the negative
chloride ions [Cl-] to the positive silver ions (Ag+).
Silver ions are reduced
to silver atoms forming a lattice at the
black spots.