ozone

     

80.7 K, −192.5 °C

Trivia about ozone

  • This form of oxygen, O3, is a major source of air pollution
  • (Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.) The 1959 Antarctic Treaty opened the continent to science & made possible such findings as this hole in the atmosphere in the 1980s
  • O3, aka this, can be detected many miles downwind from urban centers & can harm forest vegetation
  • In 1840 Christian Schonbein followed his nose to identify this form of oxygen & named it from the Greek for "smell"
  • The Nobel prize went to 3 men for their studies on the depletion of this layer of the atmosphere
  • On Sept. 16, 1987 the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete this was signed
  • This gas whose molecules have 3 oxygen atoms is a pollutant close to Earth, a protector higher up
  • The stratosphere includes this layer of the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet light
  • This triatomic allotrope of oxygen protects us from the full force of harmful ultraviolet rays
  • Near the ground, this gas is a major part of smog; at higher altitudes, it helps block radiation from the sun
  • This molecule, O3, is a pollutant low in the atmosphere; in the stratosphere, it absorbs harmful radiation
  • Name given the triatomic form of oxygen
  • When liquefied, this form of oxygen with 3 atoms in each molecule is deep blue