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trioxygen
(traɪˈɒksɪdʒən) n (Elements & Compounds) another name for
ozone1 Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Ozone (also known as triatomic oxygen and
trioxygen) is a naturally occurring compound consisting of three oxygen atoms.
About 10-15 km above the earth's crust this pungent smelling pale blue gas (
trioxygen molecule) although very dangerous for lives to breath in continuously breaks and form (from diatomic oxygen) with in fraction of seconds.
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