Question

Name one inorganic molecule which is known as ozonised oxygen?

Answer 1

Ozone:

• The extremely reactive gas ozone (${\mathrm{O}}_3$) which is made up of three Oxygen ($\mathrm{O}$) atoms, is an allotrope of Oxygen.

• Ozone has a strong odour and is blue-black in both solid and liquid form.
• It is found in both the high (stratosphere) and lower (troposphere) atmospheres of the Earth (the troposphere).
• Ozone has two qualities that are important to human health.
• First, it filters UV light, lowering human exposure to UV radiation, which causes skin cancer and cataracts.
• Second, when breathed, it chemically combines with numerous biological components in the respiratory system, resulting in a number of negative health consequences.

Hence, Ozone is known as ozonised oxygen.