Comment Ozone is a sign of a process, not THE process (Score 1) 1200
From my chemistry classes....
What happens when you run an arc through air?
The smell of ozone
The same is happening in the upper atmosphere
The UV strikes ordinary O2, splitting it in two, and
giving the individual atoms energy. These individual
oxygen atoms than combine with more 02 molecules to
form ozone. The ozone either breaks down in time, or absorbs some more UV, and breaks apart again. The real defense against UV is the O2, NOT the 03!
Now if I could only remember a source to cite this from....
What happens when you run an arc through air?
The smell of ozone
The same is happening in the upper atmosphere
The UV strikes ordinary O2, splitting it in two, and
giving the individual atoms energy. These individual
oxygen atoms than combine with more 02 molecules to
form ozone. The ozone either breaks down in time, or absorbs some more UV, and breaks apart again. The real defense against UV is the O2, NOT the 03!
Now if I could only remember a source to cite this from....
