Ozone is a molecule with a central oxygen atom that has three bonds, and a peripheral oxygen that only has one "full time" bond. This is a condition that neither will tolerate for very long. Very few molecules are immune to being oxidized, those being simple hydrocarbons, or molecules that have been partially or fully fluorinated (teflons(R) and PVDF).
Oxygen has the seond highest electronegativity of any element, at 3.5; only fluorine, at 4.0, has a higher electronegativity. Electronegativitiy meaures the attraction for electrons. Elements of high electronegativity can take electrons away from elements with lower electronegativity. Such electron exchanges are chemical reactions. Hence oxygen is reactive.
Because oxygen likes / requires two bonds, and ozone has a single oxygen atom with only a single bond.
Because oxygen likes / requires two bonds, and ozone has a single oxygen atom with only a single bond.
The Ozone Layer is unstable as fumes and toxins are being released into the air.
Fridges used to contain chemicals called CFC, standing for chlorofluorcarbons, which were also used in aerosols and air-conditioners. They destroyed a lot of ozone and are now banned in Europe.
It reacts easily with other elements.
Iron to form rust.
The ozone layer is very fragile. It is made up of ozone molecules which are unstable.
Ozone molecule has resonating bonds, so they are longer than the actual double bond of O2, and thus they are easier to break.
Ozone present in the troposphere is also called as bad ozone. It is also a
green house gas. It is the major constituent of the urban smog.
Chlorine is located in group 17 in the Periodic Table, and can be easily stabilized by gaining one electron from another atom.
Though it is very reactive, the oxidation number of ozone (O3) is zero: it is the tri-atomic form of elemental oxygen. The same applies to the di-atomic O2 molecule.
Not so reactive !That's why it is called a noble metal.
they differ in reactivity- O3 is more reactive.
Beryllium is not so reactive; the electronegativity after Pauling scale is 1,57.
Bromine is oxidized by ozone, so the ozone is broken down.
Ozone is so reactive. It is because it is unstable.
The CFC's form a hole in ozone layer. They are highly reactive with ozone.
Ozone gas - O3
CFC's are highly reactive compounds. They react with ozone and deplete it.
The ozone layer is made up of ozone molecules only. These molecules are reactive in nature.
CFC molecules damage ozone. They react with ozone and destroy it.
CFC's gas is formed. These are highly reactive compounds that deplete ozone.
Yes, ozone layer is a part of stratosphere. It protects us from the highly reactive UV rays.
Ozone is reactive molecule ready to give oxygen atom. This oxygen oxidizes to purify water.
Ozone layer cannot be harmful. It protects us from harmful UV rays of the sun.
Gasoline itself does not do so. Nitric oxide can be formed in gasoline engines, and it can act as a catalyst in the decomposition of ozone... however, it's fairly reactive and not likely to survive to reach the ozone layer (in fact, it reacts with hydrocarbons to produce ozone; unfortunately, it does so at lower levels where we don't want ozone).
The chemicals are destroying the ozone layer. It is because of their reactive nature.