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The compound which reacts with ozone to liberate oxygen is:

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NO
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CO2
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NO2
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SO3
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Solution

The correct option is A NO
The ozone molecules formed by the reaction above absorb radiation having an appropriate wavelength between UV-C and UV-B. The triatomic ozone molecule becomes diatomic molecular oxygen plus a free oxygen atom :
O3+hv(240310nm)O2+O

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