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What helps produce the ozone?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

In the atmosphere there are several layers. One of these layers is called the stratosphere. The air in the stratosphere is bombarded continuously by ultraviolet radiation from the sun. When the ultraviolet rays strike molecules of normal oxygen (O2), they split the molecule into two single oxygen atoms, known as atomic oxygen (O). A freed oxygen atom then can combine with an oxygen molecule to form a molecule of ozone (O3). So basically the ultraviolet radiation (which is also what makes you sunburned during the summer) is what produces the ozone.

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