Posts Tagged ‘science’
Ultra Violet
Friday, June 10th, 2011
If ozone is created with ultra violet lights does that mean it keeps building itself?
If “ozone is created when ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) strikes the stratosphere, splitting oxygen molecules (O2) to atomic oxygen (O) then atomic oxygen quickly combines with further oxygen molecules to form ozone” doesn’t that mean that it should be constantly building up in the stratosphere?
Yes, ozone is constantly being created and destroyed and recreated by UV light in the upper atmosphere. The destruction of ozone is what absorbs the harmful UV rays that the ozone layer protects us against, so as long as there is elemental oxygen in the atmosphere, the ozone will always be created and destroyed as the sun rays hit it.
The Stiff Dylans-Ultraviolet [WITH LYRICS]
