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Ozone is thermodynamically unstable. Why?

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Ozone is thermodynamically unstable because formation of ozone is endothermic that is heat is required for the formation of ozone. Thus, ozone spontaneously reverts back to oxygen.

3 O₂ → 2O₃ ΔH_f at 1atm = +284.5 kJ.mol

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