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Explain the stratospheric chemical reaction.

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Stratospheric ozone is produced by a combination of an oxygen atom $^{'} O^{'}$ with an oxygen molecule $^{'} O_{2}^{'}$ .
The steps are:
$O_{2} + U V ⟶ O + O$
$2 O + 2 O_{2} + t h i r d m o l e c u l e ⟶ 2 O_{3} + t h i r d m o l e c u l e$
Net reaction $3 O_{2} + U V ⟶ 2 O_{3}$

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