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�� _ <br />'x _ �_ •, i <br /> � y� a <br /> 'A5 .ir'•,!'�• �� <br />� 1 <br /> 1 <br /> law <br /> i <br /> AIREZONE Inc. <br /> y� <br /> n ON <br /> OXYGEN EXISTS IN ITS MOLECULAR FORM AS 0-2. WHEN AIR (OXYGEN) IS <br /> EXPOSED TO A HIGH VOLTAGE DISCHARGE, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OXYGEN <br /> MOLECULES APE SPLIT INTO TWO ATOMS OF NASCENT OR ATCMIC OXYGEN. SOME <br /> OF .THE NASCENT OXYGEN COMBINES WITH THE REMAINING OXYGEN MOLECULES TO <br /> FORM 0-3 OR OZONE. OZONE IS A HIGHLY UNSTABLE MOLECULE AND R„RELY <br /> EXISTS FOR MORE THAN 2O-30 MINUTES DEPENDING UPON THE MEDIUM ANG-THE <br /> TEMPERATURE. . <br /> OZONE IS T,4E MOST POWERFUL OXIDIZER KNOWN TO MAN. OZONE IS 1.5 TO 2.0 <br /> TIMES HO?_ POWERFUL AND REACTS 3000 TIMES FASTER THAN CHLORINE. <br /> OZONE'S C?FIEF ADVANTAGE OVER CHLORINE IS THAT IT NOT ONLY KILLS <br /> ' BACTERIA BUT IT ALSO DESTROYS VIRUSES AND WATER SOP.NE PARASITES. <br /> FURTHER, OZONE REMOVES CMELL3 AND COLOR FROM WATER, AND LEAVES NO <br /> RESIDUE. <br /> OZONE IS WIDELY USED IN EUROPE FOR TREATMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES. AS <br /> r RECENTLY AS 1977 ONLY TWO WATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES <br /> i , USED OZONE IN 'EATER TREATMENT. SINCE THAT TIME OZONATION HAS BEEN <br /> CHOSEN FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN NEW PURIFICATION PLANTS AND OTHER PLANTS <br /> F ARE BEING DESIGNED OR BUILT. THE SUDDEN INTEREST IN OZONE; BEGAN IN THE <br /> con ,, 1970'S WHEN SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED 'HAT CHLORINE CAN REACT CHEMICALLY <br /> fW WITH ORGANIC MATERIHLS IN WATER TO FORM CARCINCGENIC SUBSTANCES. IN <br /> { _ 1979 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PZOTECTION AGENCY REACTED TO THE POTENTIA <br /> HEALTH THREAT BY IMPOSING RULES LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF THESE CHEMICALS <br /> t.r IN DRINKING WATER. <br /> ' x ADVANTAGES OF OZONE TN WATER TRE47MENT <br /> . A. DISINFECTION <br /> S. PRECIPITATICN OF IRON, ZINC AND MANGANESE <br /> C. OESTRUCTION OF SULPHITE <br /> 0. LOWERS TURBIDITY <br /> E. ELiMINAIES ODORS <br />