what neutralizes ozone?
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Many materials can react with ozone to form oxygen as a by-product.  Most all are reducing agents.  A more definitive answer rests on how you are using the term "element".  If you are using it the periodic table sense then your answer would include many of the metals capable of being oxidized.
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Hint: What is the chemistry behind the ozone hole.
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Methane does not harm the ozone layer. It is a greenhouse gas. In fact, methane from the guts of domestic cattle (and other sources such as rice crops, etc) represents a significant proportion of contribution to global warming.
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C\n\n\nOzone layer is responsible to inhibit UV radiation from Sun to reach earth. Once Ozone layer vanishes, UV radiations are free to reach earth which may cause skin cancer and other diseases.
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Ozone Generators works by utilizing high voltages applied to a dielectric plates/surfaces to break up the oxygen molecule into radical oxygen ions (O/1). The ions are highly reactive and bonds with regular oxygen molecule (O/2) producing Ozone (O/3), which is unstable and is reactive as an oxidant, it will readily affect most plastic substances. and quickly combines with CFC (chloro-flouro-carbon) gas. Ozone is produced in nature during a lightning storm. Every lightning strike with its high voltage streams, ionizes atmospheric oxygen and produces ozone. A thin layer of ozone gas covers the earth's atmosphere preventing intense ultraviolet rays from the sun to reach the earth's surface. Ozone is known to have properties to deodorize and disinfect. but caution is expressed that over-exposure to high concentration of ozone gas could be hazardous to ones health. A commercial ozone generator is already adjusted to conform with health and safety laws that makes them available to the public as safe to use.\n~meow
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Specifically, water binds to the mixture, and blocks free oxygen from reaching the material to be oxidized-its a simple smothering reaction, and is why water is effective for putting out fires.  Salt is also effective, but is reduced by the relatively large size of the particles which allows some oxygen in.  There is no specific inhibition of the oxidization reaction other than this-water is neutral to this reaction, except as a space inhibitor.
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Ozone is a form of oxygen(O3),a life saver. It blocks the UV rays from the sun entering into earth's atmosphere.In the stratosphere small amount of O3 r constantly bein made by the action of sunliht on O2. But due to human activities,the green house gases esp. Chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) & hydrochlorofluorocarbons r consstantly being released,that destroy O3 much faster than they r formed.\n\nIf this still continues,it 'll affect crop yield,damage fish larvae,melanoma,skin cancer,erythema,occular abnormalities,cataract may occur. It 'll also affect immune responses.\n\nTo stop all these,some of these ways can be adopted.CFC may be replaced by HFC,butane,propane,etc.servicing of refrigerators & AC should be regulated.Refrigerants should be recaptured & used.\n\nIn 1991-1992,Scientists working in European Arctic stratosphere Ozone Expt in Sweden sent 39 balloons with payload upto 500 kg & 800 ozone probes. Their findings revealed that ozone layer was reduced by 15-200% . Chlorine was also found in active form in the atmosphere.
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I agree with the previous answer, while ozone is a powerful cleaning agent, it has also been proven to be harmful. I am a certified Indoor Air Quality professional and I recently wrote an article about things to consider in a home air purifier: \nhttp://www.breathepureair.com/airqualityblog/residential-air-purifiers/\n\nYou may also want to check the Maerican Lung Association, which also has a section titled "Problems with Ozone"\nhttp://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39289\n\nThe EPA also has some great information on their Indoor Air Quality Fact Sheet: Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners: An Assessment of Effectiveness and Health Consequences:\nhttp://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html\n\nThe Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety also has a published report about the negative health effects of ozone:\nhttp://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/ozone/health_ozo.html
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Actually, the Ozone is starting to recover.  There was an 8% increase compared to what is was 20 years ago.  Society needs to be encouraged to continue reducing emissions and recycling what they can.
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Ozone consists of unstable 3-atom oxygen molecules. In the ozone-oxgen cycle, UV light splits oxygen molecules into individual atomic oxygen.  The individual atoms will then bond with 2-atom oxygen molecules to create ozone.  When ultraviolet light strikes the ozone molecule, it splits back into molecular oxygen and a single oxygen atom, and the cycle repeats.\n\nIt is this photochemical reaction that causes the UV to be "used up" in making and breaking ozone, and thus reducing UV intensity at the Earth's surface.\n\nUltraviolet light in the range of 100-320nm is most abosrbed by the ozone layer.
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it is O3 and it protect the air from ultraviolet rays from the sun \nit is the outermost layer in the atmosphere \n \nor go on www.dictionary.com
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Carbon Dioxide-Acidic\n\nOxygen-Neutral
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Ozone is actually O3, and it can only be naturally created in the stratosphere by incoming ultraviolet light.  The problem with the ozone layer isn't a lack of oxygen -- there's plenty to do the job -- but rather the presence of CFC's that have drifted up there from ground level over the past hundred years or so.  Chlorofluorocarbons, in the presence of ultraviolet light, release free chlorine radicals which attack ozone and reduce it to O2 in a catalyzing reaction; it is calculated that each chlorine radical can reduce around 100,000 ozone molecules before reacting with something else and being removed from the stratosphere.  So the removal of ozone becomes greater than the generation of ozone and you get a thinning (the ozone "hole" over the Antarctic and Arctic regions is a result of winter vortex winds which tend to concentrate atmospheric contaminants (including CFC's) in that area right around the poles, worsening the local damage.)\n\nGenerating ozone at ground level does a lot more harm than good -- you need it about fifteen to twenty kilometers up for it to protect you, and at ground level, because ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent, it can do your body a lot of harm.  Add to that the immense expense of generating enough ozone to do any good -- ozone can be artificially created by running an electrical arc through air (it's that "electrical" smell you get before a lightning storm or if your copy machine has been running a long time)  The energy requirements to produce the ozone and the logistics of getting it up to the statosphere soon enough to do us any good have already been estimated, and let's just say if you thought your taxes are high now, just wait for the price tag on this project, estimated by some in the tens of quadrillions of dollars to be effective.  So basically, if all the nations in the world gave us ALL their money, we could jointly afford to make this project a reality.  Ain't gonna happen, sorry to say.\n\nThe best way to repair the hole in the ozone layer is to eliminate the use of CFC's as refrigerants in favor of more ecologically friendly gases, and allow nature to repair itself.  We're already seeing a gradual decrease in the seasonal size of the ozone hole from the reduction or complete cessation of CFC use by most industrialized nations (some developing nations still use CFC's because they're cheap; we're working on trying to get them to switch as well)  It'll take upwards of 50 years before we really see the benefits of this -- takes that long for ground-level gases to rise to the stratosphere through natural circulation.
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Ozone spontaneously decomposes.  If we filled all the holes, the ozone would turn to oxygen in a matter of minutes and the holes would be back.  "Holes in the ozone layer" are a myth propogated by those who would like to reverse the industrial revolution, but who would still insist on driving their BMW's.
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Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic species O2. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere. It has many industrial and consumer applications as well as being used in ozone therapy.\n\nOzone, the first allotrope of a chemical element to be described by science, was discovered by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1840, who named it after the Greek word for smell (ozein), from the peculiar odour in lightning storms.[1] The odour from a lightning strike is from electrons freed during the rapid chemical changes, not the ozone itself.[2]\n\nPhysical properties\nUndiluted ozone is a pale blue gas at standard temperature and pressure; it forms a dark blue liquid below −112 °C and a violet-black solid below −193 °C [3]. At concentrations found in the atmosphere it is colorless [4]. The concentration above which it can be smelt (odor threshold) is between 0.0076 and 0.036 ppm[5].\n\n\n[edit] Chemistry\nOzone is a powerful oxidizing agent. It is also unstable at high concentrations, decaying to ordinary diatomic oxygen:\n\n2 O3 → 3 O2. \nThis reaction proceeds more rapidly with increasing temperature and decreasing pressure. Ozone will oxidize metals (except gold, platinum, and iridium) to oxides of the metals in their highest oxidation state:\n\n2 Cu2+ + 2 H+ + O3 → 2 Cu3+ + H2O + O2 \nOzone converts oxides to peroxides:\n\nSO2 + O3 → SO3 + O2 \nIt also increases the oxidation number of oxides:\n\nNO + O3 → NO2 + O2 \nThe above reaction is accompanied by chemiluminescence. The NO2 can be further oxidized:\n\nNO2 + O3 → NO3 + O2 \nThe NO3 formed can react with NO2 to form N2O5:\n\nNO2 + NO3 → N2O5 \nOzone reacts with carbon to form carbon dioxide, even at room temperature:\n\nC + 2 O3 → CO2 + 2 O2 \nOzone does not react with ammonium salts but it reacts with ammonia to form ammonium nitrate:\n\n2 NH3 + 4 O3 → NH4NO3 + 4 O2 + H2O \nOzone reacts with sulfides to make sulfates:\n\nPbS + 4 O3 → PbSO4 + 4 O2 \nSulfuric acid can be produced from ozone, either starting from elemental sulfur or from sulfur dioxide:\n\nS + H2O + O3 → H2SO4 \n3 SO2 + 3 H2O + O3 → 3 H2SO4 \nAll three atoms of ozone may also react, as in the reaction with tin(II) chloride and hydrochloric acid:\n\n3 SnCl2 + 6 HCl + O3 → 3 SnCl4 + 3 H2O \nIn the gas phase, ozone reacts with hydrogen sulfide to form sulfur dioxide:\n\nH2S + O3 → SO2 + H2O \nIn an aqueous solution, however, two competing simultaneous reactions occur, one to produce elemental sulfur, and one to produce sulfuric acid:\n\nH2S + O3 → S + O2 + H2O \n3 H2S + 4 O3 → 3 H2SO4 \nIodine perchlorate can be made by treating iodine dissolved in cold anhydrous perchloric acid with ozone:\n\nI2 + 6 HClO4 + O3 → 2 I(ClO4)3 + 3 H2O \nSolid nitryl perchlorate can be made from NO2, ClO2, and O3 gases:\n\n2 NO2 + 2 ClO2 2 O3 → 2 NO2ClO4 + O2 \nOzone can be used for combustion reactions and combusting gases in ozone provides higher temperatures than combusting in dioxygen (O2). Following is a reaction for the combustion of carbon subnitride:\n\n3 C4N2 + 4 O3 → 12 CO + 3 N2 \nOzone can react at cryogenic temperatures. At 77 K (-196 °C), atomic hydrogen reacts with liquid ozone to form a hydrogen superoxide radical, which dimerizes[6]:\n\nH + O3 → HO2 + O \n2 HO2 → H2O4 \nOzonides can be formed, which contain the ozonide anion, O3-. These compounds are explosive and must be stored at cryogenic temperatures. Ozonides for all the alkali metals are known. KO3, RbO3, and CsO3 can be prepared from their respective superoxides:\n\nKO2 + O3 → KO3 + O2 \nAlthough KO3 can be formed as above, it can also be formed from potassium hydroxide and ozone:[7]\n\n2 KOH + 5 O3 → 2 KO3 + 5 O2 + H2O \nNaO3 and LiO3 must be prepared by action of CsO3 in liquid NH3 on an ion exchange resin containing Na+ or Li+ ions:[8]\n\nCsO3 + Na+ → Cs+ + NaO3 \nTreatment wit
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a. by the proccess of titration.  few drops of universal indicator are poured onto the base. acid is poured  slowly with the help of the burette. when the base is decolourised this indicates that it has been neutralised.\n\nb. vinegar\nc. all of the above\nd. 7
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ozone is one of the gases in our atmosphere.\n\nit protects us from some of the more poisonous rays of the sun - radiation that is very harmful to life on earth.\n\nOzone is exactly half of Oxygen, meaning oxygen always has two atoms stuck together, ozone only has one.\n\nIf the ozone layer goes, we will all die of cancer faster than you can imagine, among other gross diseases and starvation (coz food won't grow with all that poisonous radiation).\n\nIn australia, more ppl get skin cancer than anywhere else, because there is a huge hole in the ozone layer right on top of australia.\n\nDo you know that smell that comes when lightning strikes right before a delicious thunderstorm?? There is this yummy smell in the air - that's ozone you're smelling. The lightning (electricity basically) splits the oxygen molecules in the air - this is ozone.