OZONE FORMING REACTIONS

Making Ozone (O3) From Oxygen (O2)

The Photochemical Reaction

The sun emits very high energy radiation that reacts with some of the ordinary oxygen in our upper atmosphere and converts it to ozone.

The Electric Discharge Reaction

Lightning and other similar occurances (smaller electrical sparks) react a small amount of the oxygen into ozone.

The Ozonizer

Commercial production of ozone takes place via regulated electric discharge reactions that occur in a machine called an ozonizer.

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