FRCD

Ozone is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. Ozone is formed from dioxygen by the action of ultraviolet light and also atmospheric electrical discharges. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere. In total, ozone makes up only 0.6 ppm of the atmosphere. In standard conditions, ozone is a pale blue gas that condenses at progressively cryogenic temperatures to a dark blue liquid and finally a violet-black solid. Ozone is a powerful oxidant (far more so than oxygen gas) and has many industrial and consumer applications related to oxidation. This same high oxidizing potential, however, causes ozone to damage mucus and respiratory tissues in animals, and also tissues in plants, above concentrations of about 100 ppb. Ozone's odor is sharp, reminiscent of chlorine, and detectable by many people at concentrations of as little as 10 ppb in air. Ozone, along with reactive forms of oxygen such as superoxide, singlet oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and hypochlorite ions, is naturally produced by white blood cells. The largest use of ozone is in the preparation of pharmaceuticals, synthetic lubricants, and many other commercially useful organic compounds. It can also be used for bleaching substances and for killing microorganisms in air and water sources. Many municipal drinking water systems kill bacteria with ozone instead of the more common chlorine.

trioxirane

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InChI=1S/O3/c1-2-3-1

O1OO1

O1OO1

        
            Trioxirane
        
            153851-84-4
        
            Cyclic ozone
        
            Ozone, 11CI
        
            1,2,3-Trioxacyclopropane
        
            ACMC-20n6u0
        
            CTK0E7955
        
            DTXSID00583328
        

                

                  
                    Predicted: Pollutant