Ozone

Ozone Danielle Farrar March 16, 1997         Triatomic oxygen, O3, is most commonly known as ozone. It has a resonance structure, and can be drawn in two different ways:                  O=O-                                                               O-O=O It is a bluish, explosive gas at room temperature, and has a boiling point of -119°C. It has a melting point of -193°C, and is a blue liquid. It's critical temperature and pressure are -12.1°C and 53.8 atm, respectively. It has a pleasant …showed first 75 words of 851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 851 total…traffic in the city, thereby cutting down smog. Power plants have shut down, and increased regulations have been installed in order to remedy the serious problem of pollution. Bibliography         Harte, John, and Cheryl Holdre, Richard Schneider, and Christine Shirley. Toxics A to Z. pp 372-74. University of California Press: Los Angeles, 1991. 'Ozone Most Harmful to Trees' USA Today Magazine. June 1992. pp 9-10         Scott, Geoff. 'The Two Faces of Ozone,' Current Health. September 1992. pp 24-25.