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Question
Give balanced equation for the following conversion [one or two steps].
Oxygen to ozone gas by photolysis.
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Solution
Oxygen to O3 [ozone] gas by photolysis
\[\ce{O2 ->\underset{\text{oxygen-atoms}}{[O] + [O]}}\]
O2 + [O] → O3 [ozone]
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