What is 03, and How Does It Work With Air?O3 is made only two ways. One, when Ultra Violet Rays collide with a contaminant such as carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NO2 and N2O) in the presence of oxygen (O2). Two, {corona} high voltage discharge. Lightning is a perfect example of making an abundance of O3 to purify the earth's surface Nature's way. You have noticed the clean fresh smell after a thunderstorm or dried clothing hung on a clothes line in the hot sun. High voltage breaks the two atoms of oxygen apart. Quickly these atoms hop back together in three's {O3}. Confused, these atoms do not like this arrangement and want desperately to undo this trio.
When this O3 molecule floats in the environment, one of the atoms spots a contaminant to attach itself to breaking away from the other two atoms. To it's surprise the attack on the contaminant crated
an explosion. Both the contaminant and the atom are destroyed. This leaves the other two atoms behind. Pure oxygen {O2} without the presence of the contaminant. This explosion changed the contaminant
into carbon dioxide and hydrogen which we can breathe. ![]() Should the O3 molecule not find a contaminant in it's environment, it will attack itself to change it's configuration of O3 back to O2 in 20 to 30 minutes at room temperature. This tells us FIVE important things about O3:
The word ozone is used when the concentrated oxygen (O3) reaches very high levels, over 50.0 parts per million or higher. Ozone compared to O3 is like a TREE in comparison to a SEED. There is little to no information written in encyclopedias, dictionaries, or other texts that explain concentrated oxygen {O3} and it's incredible assets in small amounts "SEEDS". It is the basic components combined into great quantities to make ozone. O3 should be completely separated from the word ozone, suggesting concentrated oxygen or O3 is the proper terminology. Another example: When you are in a restaurant you do not order the ocean, just a glass of water. Even though they are both water, the quantity alone changes their name and meaning. |