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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · p Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)

Ozone is obtained from oxygen

  1. A by oxidation at high temperature
  2. B by oxidation using a catalyst
  3. C by silent electric discharge
  4. D by conversion at high pressure
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(C) by silent electric discharge

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In the stratosphere, ozone is created primarily by ultraviolet radiation. when, high energy ultraviolet rays strike ordinary oxygen molecules \(\left(\mathrm{O}_2\right)\), they split the molecule into two single oxygen atoms, known as atomic oxygen. A free oxygen atom then…