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Essay Galaxy - Ozone
Ozone
Ozone (O3) is a molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms, similar to the oxygen
we breathe (O2), however oxygen consists of only two oxygen atoms. In the
stratosphere, a region high up in the upper atmosphere, light rays are
responsible for the breaking down of oxygen (O2), breathable oxygen into its two
separate oxygen atoms. Lone oxygen atoms are markedly reactive. When a lone
oxygen atom comes into contact with a breathable oxygen molecule (O2) it
combines to form ozone (O3). The ozone layer is a small residual amount of
ozone concentrated in a band in the upper atmosphere. This band of concentrated
ozone resides approximately between twenty and forty kilometers high in the
stratosphere. The ozone layer reactions that both create and destroy ozone has
come into a dynamic equilibrium. This dynamic equilibrium is very delicate an....
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