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Offline timchai

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can someone explain why AgNO3 stored in brown bottle
« on: March 22, 2009, 07:34:51 AM »
can someone explain why AgNO3 stored in brown bottle , i think it will photodecompose to give NO2 and O2 like HNO3. and also can someone explain the use disodium salt of edta

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Re: can someone explain why AgNO3 stored in brown bottle
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 08:14:41 AM »
can someone explain why AgNO3 stored in brown bottle , i think it will photodecompose to give NO2 and O2 like HNO3. and also can someone explain the use disodium salt of edta
Usually silver salts photodecompose giving metallic silver; in this case it should give Ag, NO2 and O2, as you wrote (but I'm not sure).
The use of EDTA is for what kind of reaction?

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