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........... is continuously formed by the action of UV rays on molecular oxygen and also degraded into molecular oxygen in the stratosphere.

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Ozone gas is continuously formed by the action of UV rays on molecular oxygen and also degraded into molecular oxygen in the stratosphere. Ozone is a natural gas composed of three atoms of oxygen. It is blue in color and has a strong odor. Normal oxygen, which we breathe, has two oxygen atoms and is colorless and odorless.

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