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Why does O3 act as a powerful oxidising agent?

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Why does O3 act as a powerful oxidising agent?

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Ozone is not a very stable compound under normal conditions and decomposes readily onheating to give a molecule of oxygen and nascent oxygen. Nascent oxygen, being a freeradical, is very reactive.

Therefore, ozone acts as a powerful oxidising agent.

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