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Where is ozone formed?
Ozone is formed anywhere oxygen and ionizing radiation is present (ozone layer, commercial ozone generators). There are some additional chemical methods, involving lower energy light (ozone as a pollutant, troposphere), or essentially no light at all (antibody production in fighting infection, ozone is a decay product of that attack; also phosphorous reactions).
What are 3 different types of atmosphere?
Troposphere: The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs. Stratosphere: The layer above the troposphere where the ozone layer is located. Mesosphere: The layer above the stratosphere where meteoroids burn up upon entry from space.
What is the middle layer of earths atmosphere?
OZONE Layer
What does the stratosphere contain?
The stratosphere contains a layer of the Earth's atmosphere that extends from about 10 to 50 kilometers above the surface. It mainly consists of ozone molecules that absorb and scatter ultraviolet radiation from the sun, which plays a key role in protecting life on Earth from the harmful effects of this radiation.
A layer of special oxygen molecules high above the earth is called what?
The layer of special oxygen molecules high above the earth is called the ozone layer. It plays a crucial role in absorbing most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation, thus protecting life on Earth.
Why ozone being densier than oxygen is present in upper atmosphere above oxygen?
Ozone is present at stratosphere. It is because it cannot survive near earth because of unsuitable conditions.
Where is ozone found in nature?
In the Ozone layer, one of the outermost layers of the atmosphere, that has a thinness on a severe level.
Why do oxygen atoms exist for longer periods of time in the upper atmosphere than in the stratosphere?
Oxygen atoms in the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere) have lower collision rates with other atoms or molecules due to the low density of particles, allowing them to exist longer. In the stratosphere, oxygen atoms react quickly with other molecules, such as ozone, which stabilizes the oxygen atoms into ozone molecules, so their lifespan is shorter.
What is ozone a form of?
Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen. Known allotropes of oxygen are O (found in space), O2 (found in our atmosphere), O3 (found in our atmosphere, made intentionally for production uses, and made as smog), O4 and O8 (found at tens of thousands of atmospheres of pressure, metallic).
Which layer above and beneath ozone is?
See "In what layer of the atmosphere do you find the ozone layer?"
How is ozone created in the upper atmosphere?
Well, ozone (the ozone layer) is created in the Stratosphere. Ozone is created by UV radiation breaking the bonds of an O2 molecule, and then the single O atoms bond with another, unbroken, O2 molecule, and form an 03 molecule, which is ozone.
Why is ozone found in upper layer of atmosphere?
Short Answer: UV-C from the Sun is absorbed by the oxygen up high, and that allows ozone to be made up high. Ozone decays back to oxygen before it can fall very far... Ozone is not the heaviest gas, iodine heptafluoride (for example) is much heavier. Ozone is heavier than other gases commonly found in the atmosphere... Ozone is present in all layers of the atmosphere. It is concentrated in the stratosphere (which is not the "top of the atmosphere" there are more layers above it), because almost all the UV-C from the Sun is stopped there by oxygen and nitrogen, where the atmosphere's density starts really going up. Oxygen molecules broken into atoms, can yield the production of some ozone, monatomic oxygen is very short lived, so ozone is formed very quickly or not at all. As you move lower in the atmosphere, water vapor (and other contaminants) rapidly destroy ozone, so this allows ozone concentrations to decrease to near zero at Earth's surface. Oxygen molecules are broken apart by 215nm or shorter UV light (UV-C). So are nitrogen, and other atmospheric constituents. So beyond a certain depth into the atmosphere, there is insufficient 215nm or shorter light to break oxygen which can then make ozone. Then it takes a very long time (months) for gasses to diffuse in quantity large distances vertically, and ozone gas does degrade with time... so it appears this heavy gas hovers high above us. When in fact it is created, and disppears before it can fall very far.
What layers are above and below the ozone layer?
Above: the rest of the stratosphereBelow: the rest of the troposphere
Where is ozone formed and stored?
Ozone is found both in the upper atmosphere and at ground level. The ozone occurring in the upper atmosphere (10-30 miles above the earth's surface) is considered good ozone because it helps to block the Sun's ultraviolet rays. Ozone occurring near the Earth's surface is considered bad because it is made of pollutants resulting from car emissions, aerosols, factories, refineries, chemical plants and boilers.
How high up in the atmosphere is the ozone layer?
The ozone layer is 12 - 15 km above the earths surface
Does the ozone layer trap carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
It doesn't. The ozone layer has *nothing at all* to do with trapping CO2. Above the level of the ozone layer, intense radiation breaks CO2 down, so you get fooled into thinking the ozone layer had something to do with "trapping".
Where is 97 percent of the ozone in the atmosphere found?
Approximately 97 percent of the ozone in the Earth's atmosphere is found in the stratosphere. This region of the atmosphere is located above the troposphere, between about 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth's surface. Ozone in the stratosphere plays a crucial role in absorbing and filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
