General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 10 - Molecular Geometry and Chemical Bonding Theory - Questions and Problems - Page 424: 10.87

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We know that ozone is in stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation as 200 and 300 nm which is initially important to life on the earth. We know that radiation form the sum contains ultraviolet rays that are harmful to the DNA of biological organisms. Oxygen absorbs the most energetic of these rays in the earth upper atmosphere and ozone absorbs the remaining ultraviolet radiation that is destructive to life.
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