Casey, Tim wrote: > > >Gregory Mitch Daughtry wrote " O1 would be ozone, the stuff that is created > when fluorocarbons >released from aerosol cans combine with O2. Ozone is > much lighter than O2, that's why it rises way up >there and floats. Hence > the much touted ozone layer. So maybe in that sense it is not a condensed > >version, it's the run of the mill oxygen that we all enjoy so much." > > Actually, O3 is ozone, and that makes it heavier than O2. I'll stop > here.... > > Tim Casey > Environmental Scientist If ancient chemistry memory serves me correctly, while an ozone molecule does have a greater mass than a 'regular' oxygen molecule, it's less dense. That's why it rises, because a liter of ozone is lighter than a liter of oxygen. That extra oxygen atom is really trying to get out of the ozone molecule (3's a crowd--remember) so the molecule is bigger, so it's weight is taking up more room, making it less dense. The reason ozone forms is because one oxygen atom is let go by the fluorcarbon-types and can't go around unescorted, so tags along with a couple of oxygen buddies. That's all for Friday's chemistry lesson class. Tonya 87 Vanagon GL Wolfs (which, miraculously, is working great!) 74 S. Beetle
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