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No, ozone is a neutral molecule. Its formula is O3.
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How does ozone differ from the oxygen you breathe?
Ozone and oxygen are allotropes. Atmospheric oxygen that you breth is the molecule O2 . Ozone is oxygen that you cannot bresth, it is the molecule O3. O2 has the structure O=O ; A double covalent bond Ozone has a triangular structure, each oxygen forms one bond with each of the other two oxygen atoms. This triangular structure can break open and form a (free) radical.
Is no2 a free radical?
Though nitrogen dioxide has a single lone electron, it is not a radical, but a stable molecule.
What are the divisions of the atmosphere primarily based on?
The divisions of the atmosphere are not based on the presence of ozone. Ozone exists in all layers of the atmosphere, with a peak in the lower stratosphere. Ozone is considered a free radical, not an ion. Ions are found in the "ionosphere" which is also called the thermosphere, where the Sun's ionizing energies rip the molecules apart (and fresh ions arrive from the Sun).
What is nascent oxygen?
It is a single oxygen atom, a short-lived free radical of oxygen.
Why is the reaction of ethene and chlorine not a free-radical addition reaction?
because no free radicals are involved in the reaction process only carbo cations and Cl- are evolved which are ionic !!!
Is ozone considered as radical?
Ozone is a free radical. The singly bonded oxygen has an unpaired electron.
Is O3 a free radical?
O3 is ozone and is not a free radical. It may; however, produce free radicals.
What is CFC and how is the ozone molecule destroyed by CFCs?
A CFC is a molecule which consists of Chlorine, Fluorine and Carbon only. Ozone is destroyed due to the formation of a chlorine free radical. For example, the CFC CCl2F2 photo-dissociates (decomposes due to UV rays) to form the chlorine free radical and this then reacts with ozone breaking it down into oxygen. The main problem with CFCs is that after destroying the ozone molecule, the chlorine free radical regenerates and can destroy more ozone in a massive chain reaction.
HOW MANY CHLORINE ATOMS DESTROY 1000000.00 OZONE MOLECULES?
Theoretically, 1 chlorine free radical could do this. The number of ozone molecules broken down by the free radical before the chain is terminated depends on a lot of factors, though, and a million seems like a very high value.
What does Nitrous oxide do to the ozone layer?
Nothing. If water vapor gets to an excited nitrogen + oxygen free radical before it gets a chance to make ozone, nitrous oxide and other compounds result instead.
How many chlorine atoms does it take to destroy 100000 ozone molecules in a stratosphere?
There's a good chance one could do it.The problem is that chlorine can, under certain conditions (like those found in the stratosphere), break off from a molecule and form what's called a "free radical" ... a lone chlorine atom with an unpaired electron. The free radical symbol is a dot representing the unpaired electron, but unfortunately everything I do here to try to depict it where it should be (about halfway up) generates a string of gibberish, so I'm just going to have to use a period instead, thus: Cl.Free radicals are highly reactive and will attach themselves to complete molecules, forming a larger (and unstable) free radical that then falls apart. In order to stabilize a free radical, it must run into another free radical, with which it can react to form a relatively inert stable molecule again.In the stratosphere, there are a lot more ozone molecules than chlorine free radicals, so the most common thing that tends to happen isCl. + O3 -> Cl. + O2Cl. is itself a free radical, and reacts with oxygen free radicals (present naturally in the stratosphere as a result of the breakup of oxygen molecules by UV light):ClO. + O. -> Cl. + O2This regenerates the chlorine free radical, which can then go on to catalyze the decomposition of another ozone molecule, starting the cycle again. One chlorine atom can therefore be responsible for the destruction of thousands of ozone molecules before it runs into a free radical killer such as another chlorine free radical:Cl. + Cl. -> Cl2
Ozone is a form of?
A free radical. A gas. A photochemical product. Oxygen.
Does BrO3- have a free radical?
BrO3- is the anion bromate, not a free radical.
What is the importance of the formation of free oxygen?
free oxygen is basically an oxygen-free-radical oxygen breaks into free oxygen under the action of sunlight (ultraviolet rays) these free oxygen are highly reactive and combine with oxygen molecule to give ozone and ozone helps filter the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays also the ozone layer is the basic reason for human survival on earth as the sun is too damaging, that i would have burnt us alive into tandoori human!!!! LOL
Is nitrous oxide the main ozone threat?
No. Nitrous oxide is the "dead body" of what could have been an ozone molecule, if water vapor had not gotten to the excited and unstable nitrogen and oxygen "free radical" first. The main threat is water vapor in that case.
When was Free Radical Research created?
Free Radical Research was created in 1985.
When was Free Radical Centre created?
Free Radical Centre was created in 2005.
