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In the ozone layer, UV-C or more energetic radiation arrives from the Sun, and shatters and oxygen molecule into two oxygen atoms. Eventually some of those oxygen atoms (very high energy state) combine with oxygen molecules to form ozone (a higher energy state than oxygen, but lower than being separate).
In smog, the high temperatures and free radical rich environment of the combustion process, leaves an oxygen atom stuck to a nitrogen-contain molecule. Then violet or more energetic light, some unburned fuel, and an oxygen molecule, end up making some ozone.
It takes an energy boost (at least one) to do it. See the related questions section below for more.
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What weather contributes to the formation of bad ozone?
Weather contributes to the formation of bad ozone. Thunder causes oxygen molecule to change into ozone.
What causes ozone layers?
Naturally occurring ozone is caused by oxygen molecules reacting with ultraviolet energy. This combination causes O2 to change into O2 (ozone). This is a far less stable condition and without additional energy, ozone levels will fall and O2 will increase. As long as we have sunlight and oxygen in our atmosphere, we will also have ozone.
Why all ozone does not change into oxygen?
All ozone does not change back into oxygen. It is because that ozone is continuously interacting with UV radiations.
What part of the ozone causes damage?
The single bonded oxygen.
How can bromine oxidation harm the ozone layer?
Bromine oxidation causes ozone depletion. Bromine utilizes the oxygen from ozone to deplete it.
What is the chemical reaction for ozone and acid rain. What causes oxygen to change to ozone?
Tropospheric ozone is produced in one of the possible decay paths of NOx, which is an exhaust product of infernal combustion. Nitrogen divests itself of the oxygen, by sticking it to an oxygen molecule, and it takes VOC and visible violet or more energetic light to pull off the complex interaction.
How would the concentration of ozone molecules change if the concentration of oxygen molecules decreased?
If the concentration of oxygen molecules decreases, the concentration of ozone molecules would also decrease since ozone is formed from oxygen molecules in the presence of ultraviolet light. With less oxygen available, there would be fewer molecules available to form ozone.
What is the difference between between the chemical structure of the oxygen that you breathe and ozone?
Oxygen is O2 and ozone is only O. This change happens naturally from Oxygen to Ozoneand the other way around. the reason carbon dioxide is destroying the ozone layer is because it speeds up the chemical change from Ozone to Oxygen.
Why oxygen doesn't completely change into ozone?
When oxygen absorbs energy in the form of ultraviolet radiation, some molecules can form ozone (O3) instead of remaining as diatomic oxygen (O2). This process is not energetically favorable under normal conditions, so only a small percentage of oxygen molecules will transform into ozone.
Ozone depletion causes?
Ozone depletion is the process where ozone holes are created in the ozone layer. It is caused due to the action of chloro-floro-carbons on the ozone molecule to break it down to oxygen.
When lightning converts oxygen gas O2 into ozone it is a physical change?
No, the conversion of oxygen gas (O2) into ozone (O3) by lightning is a chemical change because new molecules with different properties are formed. Physical changes do not involve the formation of new substances.
Is it useful or harmful when ozone in the upper atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet rays and changes into normal oxygen?
The oxygen formed in upper atmosphere is not for breathing. It forms again into ozone by natural phenomenons.
