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The term "oxygen particles" is not well defined, since it might refer to either oxygen atoms or oxygen molecules. Chemists would never describe oxygen in terms of particles, they would be specific. Ozone is the O3 molecule, containing 3 oxygen atoms. If you had 9 oxygen atoms you could make three ozone molecules. But if you had 9 oxygen molecules, you could make 6 ozone molecules, since the oxygen molecule is O2 and contains two oxygen atoms.
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How is an oxygen molecule different than a ozone molecule?
An ozone molecule has 3 atoms of oxygen (O3), compared to the two-atom molecule (O2) that we breathe.
How oxygen change to ozone?
Oxygen gas is O2 . Ozone is O3. The ozone-producing reaction is 3O2 ---> 2O3 . This reaction is endothermic - it needs energy input from outside. Most ozone existing on earth is produced very high in the atmosphere; the necessary energy comes from ultraviolet radiation in raw sunlight. A much smaller amount of ozone is produced in the lower atmosphere by the action of electric arcs (sparks) on oxygen. This production of small quantities of ozone is what gives electric sparks their characteristic smell.
What is the cause of ozone depletion?
Peopleyour caraircraft flightsrocket launchesusing to much energywasting watercfc chemicals from aerosal canspeople
Is ozone toxic?
i hope not that much but on splitting it gives NASCENT OXYGEN hence it is toxic but not that much effective it seems
Description of an ozone molecule?
Ozone is made of three oxygen atoms bound together and which is written by chemists as O3. The ozone molecule can be represented as three balls and two sticks holding the three balls in place. The balls represent the oxygen atoms, and the sticks represent the chemical bonds that hold the oxygen together. The bonding is roughly this O-O=O, but the atoms are not inline. The molecule is slightly polar because of the triply bonded central oxygen atom and the bent shape. The molecule swaps which atom has the double bond periodically. It is unstable, it decays in time even at liquid ozone temperatures.
How is an oxygen molecule different than a ozone molecule?
An ozone molecule has 3 atoms of oxygen (O3), compared to the two-atom molecule (O2) that we breathe.
How much of the ultraviolet from the sun is absobed by oxygen and ozone?
Most of the UV from sun is absorbed by ozone. It acts as a shield for earth.
How much of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun is absorbed by oxygen and ozone?
95-99.9%
How oxygen change to ozone?
Oxygen gas is O2 . Ozone is O3. The ozone-producing reaction is 3O2 ---> 2O3 . This reaction is endothermic - it needs energy input from outside. Most ozone existing on earth is produced very high in the atmosphere; the necessary energy comes from ultraviolet radiation in raw sunlight. A much smaller amount of ozone is produced in the lower atmosphere by the action of electric arcs (sparks) on oxygen. This production of small quantities of ozone is what gives electric sparks their characteristic smell.
What is the cause of ozone depletion?
Peopleyour caraircraft flightsrocket launchesusing to much energywasting watercfc chemicals from aerosal canspeople
Is ozone toxic?
i hope not that much but on splitting it gives NASCENT OXYGEN hence it is toxic but not that much effective it seems
Description of an ozone molecule?
Ozone is made of three oxygen atoms bound together and which is written by chemists as O3. The ozone molecule can be represented as three balls and two sticks holding the three balls in place. The balls represent the oxygen atoms, and the sticks represent the chemical bonds that hold the oxygen together. The bonding is roughly this O-O=O, but the atoms are not inline. The molecule is slightly polar because of the triply bonded central oxygen atom and the bent shape. The molecule swaps which atom has the double bond periodically. It is unstable, it decays in time even at liquid ozone temperatures.
How long does ozone stay in the atmosphere?
Ozone is a very unstable molecule. The energy required of formation of ozone is much greater than the reverse process that is the formation of oxygen and nascent oxygen. However there is an ongoing process of formation as well as depletion in the ozone layer which makes its concentration in the ozone layer constant. However due to the CFC's the rate of depletion is increasing thus creating an ozone hole in the ozone layer.
What is good ozone?
Ozone is an unstable form (activated, allotrope) of oxygen that is contained the air, in fact is a gas that is generated in natural form in the atmosphere, product of diverse climatic and environmental conditions, and has a scent similar to the one of the "wet earth".The highest levels of ozone in the atmosphere are in the stratosphere, in a region also known as the ozone layer between about 10 km and 50km above the surface (or between about 6 and 31 miles). This layer surrounds earth and protects it from the dangerous solar rays. Ozone its mostly produced from ultraviolet rays reacting with oxygen, and is the only substance in the atmosphere that can absorb the dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation that would be harmful to most form of life in earth.Industrially it is generated applying an electrical tension sufficient to excite oxygen turning it ozone , by means of ozone generators (known also like: ionizes, purifying ozone, etc.)See "What is ozone?" in the "Related Questions" section below.
Of which types of gas does ozone consist?
Ozone.The ozone layer consists of about 78% nitrogen, about 21% oxygen, the usual atmospheric constituents, but much less water vapor, and a peak ozone level of about 9 ppm.
Ozone what?
Ozone is a form of the oxygen we breathe and need to stay alive. The oxygen we breathe is found throughout the atmosphere and contains two oxygen atoms (O2) but ozone (an allotrope of oxygen) contains three (O3). It is this extra atom which makes it poisonous and any animal or plant breathing in more than a tiny amount would die. If the ozone in the entire atmosphere was all collected at the Earth's surface it would make a layer only 3 millimeters thick.It is dispersed throughout the atmosphere but is more concentrated in the stratosphere between 10 and 50 kilometer's above the surface, hence the name 'ozone layer'. However, even here, it makes up less than 1 in 100,000 parts of the atmosphere. It is produced from oxygen in the stratosphere in a series of photochemical reactions stimulated by sunlight, especially ultraviolet radiation. It is then broken up again by the activity of ultraviolet radiation. Thus ozone is constantly being produced and broken down in the stratosphere by the action of the sun. This natural cycle has kept the level of ozone nearly constant. As contaminants are added, the equilibrium concentration (the balance of make vs. destroy) of ozone drops.Ozone is formed in the troposphere (where we are) by combustion and industrial processes, and by light-activating combustion products. This ozone is a component of smog. Ozone is formed in the "ozone layer" when oxygen molecules are shattered by absorbing UV-C from the Sun. UV-C only penetrates to about the lower stratosphere (above where aircraft fly), and this is where the ozone layer is found.When it is winter at a pole, an ozone hole forms and the concentration there drops much lower. The formation of an ozone hole is entirely natural, periodic, and repeating, the size it attains may not be. The "ozone hole" occurs at the pole that is currently experiencing winter, where little or no UV-C arrives from the Sun, and ozone cannot diffuse into the vicinity faster than it decays.A:Ozone (O3) is formed when oxygen gas is exposed to ultraviolet radiation in the upper regions of the stratosphere. The energy of the radiation breaks the gas particles into oxygen particles, which then interact with the oxygen gas to form ozone. Ozone can also absorb radiation and break apart to reform oxygen gas. Ozone forms over the equator where the rays of sunlight are the strongest and then flows toward the poles. Thus, ozone makes a convenient marker to follow the flow of air in the stratosphere. Normal Oxygen is a diatomic molecule O2. A:Ultraviolet light and electrical sparks excite the atoms in O2 molecules such that 3 of them combine to form a triatomic molecule O3 thus, 3O2 + energy = 2O3. It protects Earth from harmful radiation. A:Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen, with three oxygen atoms in a molecule. It is a very powerful oxidizer, and absorbs UV-B and some infrared light. Ozone is unstable and decays on its own, the decay rate being a function of temperature and time. Other compounds can accelerate ozone's decay. Ozone is formed in the troposphere (where we are) by combustion and industrial processes, and by light activating combustion products. This ozone is a component of smog. Ozone is formed in the "ozone layer" when oxygen molecules are shattered by absorbing UV-C from the Sun. UV-C only penetrates to about the lower stratosphere (above where aircraft fly), and this is where the ozone layer is found. The "ozone hole" occurs at the pole that is currently experiencing winter, where little / no UV-C arrives from the Sun, and ozone cannot diffuse into the vicinity faster than it decays from nearby masses of ozone.
Why don't other planets have an ozone layer like earth?
# Mercury: Not enough atmosphere. So hot that most of the gas can escape. # Venus: Has some ozone in its atmosphere, but not much. Almost no free oxygen. Most ozone found high above the sulfuric acid clouds. Ozone requires replenishment by UV-C, and Venus' atmosphere is so thick, UV-C does not make it far. # Earth: Ozone layer. Moon: No detectable ozone (and not much oxygen). # Mars: Some ozone, almost no free oxygen (so ozone must be formed from "shattered" CO2). # Jupiter's moon Ganymede has some ozone, made almost entirely by charged particle bombardment due to Jupiter's magnetic field. No other planets seem to have any appreciable ozone in their atmospheres. We are not able to image exoplanets well enough to know if there is significant ozone on planets orbitting distant stars. Yet. So it looks like the biggest players as to whether there is an ozone layer, are: # Plenty of free oxygen molecules (meaning moderate temperatures too), and # Enough UV-C from the Sun to break apart oxygen molecules, so that some ozone can form. Oxygen is extremely reactive. Any oxygen present quickly reacts to form other compounds. However, Earth's plants continually free up oxygen in their process of respiration (using sunlight to break up carbon dioxide, keeping the carbon and freeing the oxygen), thus keeping Earth's atmosphere heavily laden (21%) with oxygen. If the plants died, the oxygen would be quickly reabsorbed into compounds and our atmosphere would become unbreathable to humans and animals, resembling Venus in temperature (+400 Celsius).
