Chemistry

Chemistry

Problem

Certain sun glasses having small crystals of AgCl\text{AgCl} incorporated in the lenses, on exposure to light of appropriate wavelength turns to gray colour to reduce the glare following the reaction: AgCl→hνAg+Cl(Gray)\text{AgCl} \xrightarrow{h\nu} \text{Ag} + \text{Cl} \quad (\text{Gray}) If the heat of reaction for the decomposition of AgCl\text{AgCl} is 248 k J mol−1248 \text{ k J mol}^{-1} , what maximum wavelength is needed to induce the desired process?

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