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How is oxygen that you breathe different to the oxygen that makes up the ozone layer?

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The oxygen that we breathe has 2 oxygen atoms in each molecule. Ozone has 3 oxygen atoms in each molecule which makes it a more powerfully oxidizing form, decaying to normal O₂ in the process.

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