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What is ozone?
Ozone is a natural gas that we breathe daily. It is created when oxygen (O2) molecules are split into two separate atoms by ultra violet radiation from the sun, lightning, and electric arc. The freed atoms recombine in 3-atom groups to form cousins of oxygen: ozone (O3). The word ozone comes from the Greek word ozein meaning smell, because of its distinctive sun-ray lamp smell. Ozone is natures way of cleaning pollution from our atmosphere.
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