Chemical Model Animation of O3 Losing an Oxygen Atom to a Radical

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
  • Updated Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 4:13PM
  • ID: 825

O3 losing an oxygen atom to a radical

Ozone is very reactive. It easily loses the third oxygen atom in the presence of other highly reactive compounds called radicals, which contain chlorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, or bromine. Minute quantities of these radicals can cause large decreases in ozone because they are not consumed in the reaction. This is called a catalytic cycle.
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O3 losing an oxygen atom to a radical

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Chemical Model Animations
Showing the O3 molecule loosing its third oxygen atom in the presence of other highly reactive compounds called radicals, which contain chlorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, or bromine. This is called a Catalytic cycle".



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