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Ozone

Ozone
Skeletal formula of ozone with partial charges shown
Ball and stick model of ozone
Spacefill model of ozone
Names
IUPAC name
Trioxygen
Identifiers
10028-15-6 YesY
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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ChEBI CHEBI:25812 YesY
ChemSpider 23208 YesY
ECHA InfoCard 100.030.051
EC Number 233–069–2
1101
6297
MeSH Ozone
PubChem 24823
RTECS number RS8225000
UNII 66H7ZZK23N YesY
Properties
O3
Molar mass 48.00 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless to pale blue gas
Odor pungent
Density 2.144 mg cm−3 (at 0 °C)
Melting point −192.2 °C; −313.9 °F; 81.0 K
Boiling point −112 °C; −170 °F; 161 K
1.05 g L−1 (at 0 °C)
Solubility very soluble in CCl4, sulfuric acid
Vapor pressure >1 atm (20 °C)
+6.7·10−6 cm3/mol
1.2226 (liquid), 1.00052 (gas, STP, 546 nm — note high dispersion)
Structure
C2v
Digonal
Dihedral
Hybridisation sp2 for O1
0.53 D
Thermochemistry
238.92 J K−1 mol−1
142.67 kJ mol−1
Hazards
Oxidizing Agent O Very Toxic T+ Corrosive C Irritant Xi
NFPA 704
Flammability code 0: Will not burn. E.g., water Health code 4: Very short exposure could cause death or major residual injury. E.g., VX gas Reactivity code 4: Readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at normal temperatures and pressures. E.g., nitroglycerin Special hazard OX: Oxidizer. E.g., potassium perchlorateNFPA 704 four-colored diamond
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
12.6 ppm (mouse, 3 hr)
50 ppm (human, 30 min)
36 ppm (rabbit, 3 hr)
21 ppm (mouse, 3 hr)
21.8 ppm (rat, 3 hr)
24.8 ppm (guinea pig, 3 hr)
4.8 ppm (rat, 4 hr)
US health exposure limits (NIOSH):
PEL (Permissible)
TWA 0.1 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
REL (Recommended)
C 0.1 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
IDLH (Immediate danger)
5 ppm
Related compounds
Related compounds
Sulfur dioxide
Trisulfur
Disulfur monoxide
Cyclic ozone
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Ozone /ˈzn/ (systematically named 1,3λ1-trioxidane and catena-trioxygen), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula O
3
. It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope O
2
, breaking down in the lower atmosphere to O
2
or dioxygen. Ozone is formed from dioxygen by the action of ultraviolet light and also atmospheric electrical discharges, and is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere (stratosphere). In total, ozone makes up only 0.6 ppm of the atmosphere.

Ozone's odour is sharp, reminiscent of chlorine, and detectable by many people at concentrations of as little as 10 ppb in air. Ozone's O3 structure was determined in 1865. The molecule was later proven to have a bent structure and to be diamagnetic. 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's instability with regard to more common dioxygen is such that both concentrated gas and liquid ozone may decompose explosively at elevated temperatures or fast warming to the boiling point. It is therefore used commercially only in low concentrations.


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