Ozone Formation
Molecular oxygen in the stratosphere is broken into a pair of oxygen
radicals by light with a wavelength of 240 nanometers or less. If one of
these O radicals encounters an oxygen molecule, it can bond to produce
ozone. This reaction is only stable if another molecule is present to absorb
the excess energy released as the oxygen radical and molecule bond. This
is a called a three body reaction, and the third body exhibits its removal
of the excess energy by whizzing off at a higher energy and thereby increasing
the temperature of the atmosphere where this reaction occurs.
We provide this glossary
to assist clients in the selection and operation of our complete
line of Ultra-Pure Laboratory
Ozone Generators, Ozone
Gas Analyzers, and Ozone
Accessories, as well as services such as material
exposure testing.
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