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Why do oxygen atoms exist for longer periods of time in the upper atmosphere than in the stratosphere?
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Bare oxygen atoms are found where pressures are low enough that collisions are rate, and energy is high enough to reionize oxygen. This occurs above the ozone layer.
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What is the mass of oxygen in the stratosphere?
The stratosphere is the second layer of Earth's atmosphere and contains 15% of the mass found in Earth's atmosphere. The ozone can be found in the stratosphere. What you won't find there are planes and clouds.
Which layer of atmosphere keeps in oxygen?
Troposphere keeps in most of the oxygen in it. Ozone, a form of oxygen is kept in stratosphere.
What is the less common form of oxygen that is formed in the upper atmosphere?
The less common form is ozone. It is formed in stratosphere.
What are the two most abundant gases in the stratosphere?
The two most abundant gases in any layer of the atmosphere are nitrogen and oxygen. In the stratosphere, ozone composition increases from 0.04 parts per million in other layers to 5-12 ppm. However, this does NOT make ozone more abundant than nitrogen and oxygen.
Name the parts of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen (about 78.084%), oxygen (about 20.9476%), Argon (about 0.934%). Trace amounts of Neon, Helium, Krypton, Hydrogen, and Iodine. There are also other compounds such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, but these don't count as elements. Primarily Oxygen & Nitrogen and other rare gasses.
What layer in the Earth's atmosphere holds the highest oxygen content?
Stratosphere
What is the mass of oxygen in the stratosphere?
The stratosphere is the second layer of Earth's atmosphere and contains 15% of the mass found in Earth's atmosphere. The ozone can be found in the stratosphere. What you won't find there are planes and clouds.
Which layer of atmosphere keeps in oxygen?
Troposphere keeps in most of the oxygen in it. Ozone, a form of oxygen is kept in stratosphere.
Which layer of atmosphere has 3 oxygen atoms in its layers?
The stratosphere has. It contains ozone which is 3 atoms of oxygen.
What is the difference between the oxygen you breathe and the ozone located in the earths stratosphere?
Oxygen in the atmosphere is O2, two atoms of oxygen. Ozone, no matter where it is in the atmosphere or in a process, is O3, three atoms of oxygen.
Is most of earth' s atmosphere oxygen?
Most of the oxygen is in the troposphere. Stratosphere contains ozone. It is the converted oxygen.
What is the stratosphere composed of?
The Stratosphere is composed of the ozone layer and the other gases found in the Atmosphere. Ozone is a gas that protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. But the Stratosphere is mostly made of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide.
What did the development of ozone in the stratosphere and oxygen in the atmosphere help do?
Development of ozone layer helps to avoid the UV from entering.
What is the less common form of oxygen that is formed in the upper atmosphere?
The less common form is ozone. It is formed in stratosphere.
Does stratosphere contain oxygen?
No it doesn't. It contains ozone.
Is oxygen a danger to the stratosphere?
No it is not. Oxygen is the one that creates the ozone layer.
What is the function of the ozone in the atmosphere?
Ozone is a tri oxygen molecule. It is formed in a natural process by the action of UV light on oxygen molecule.Ozone is present in the stratosphere of the earth's atmosphere. It protects us from the harmful UV light of the sun.
