Dissociation of silver chloride in a solution

When silver chloride is exposed to light it can dissociate to silver metal and atomic chlorine. It might be a silly question, but could the chlorine go back into the solution as chloride ions ? if so is this likely to occur? does the outcome change if the solution is being boiled?
Thanks!




The answer is yes and no. Silver chloride doesn't "dissociate", it *decomposes* into silver metal and dissolved chlorine. The chloride reacts with the water to form hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid as shown below:
$$\ce{2AgCl\_{(s)} +H\_2O\_{(l)} ->[h\nu] 2Ag\_{(s)} + Cl\_2\_{(aq)} +H\_2O\_{(l)}->2Ag\_{(s)} + HCl\_{(aq)} + HClO\_{(aq)}}$$


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