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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry

Ozone is formed in the upper atmosphere by a photochemical reaction with O2 in the presence of

  1. A Ultraviolet solar radiation
  2. B Infrared radiation
  3. C Visible light
  4. D Microwave radiation
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(A) Ultraviolet solar radiation

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Ozone is highly oxidising in nature as well as it is toxic gas, and it is formed in the stratosphere region by a photochemical smog reaction of one oxygen molecule and with one nascent oxygen atom and this reaction is carried out in the presence of the UV radiations that falls…