Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

2011 Edition
| Editors: Jan W. Gooch

Ozone

  • Jan W. Gooch
Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_8343

\ō-zōn\ n [Gr Ozon, fr. Gk ozōn, pp of ozein to smell] (ca. 1840) An allotropic form of oxygen, O3, a faintly blue, irritating gas and a powerful oxidant. Open image in new window

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  • Jan W. Gooch
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  1. 1.AtlantaUSA