What is Ozone?
Ozone is activated oxygen; one of natures very special elements. It is a natural purifier. Its clean, fresh scent is often noticed after a heavy rain.
Ozone was first discovered in the 1840's. By combining the ultraviolet rays from the sun, with the air that we breathe, ozone is naturally generated. In 1906, the city of Nice, France; built the first municipal water purification plant utilizing ozone. Today, there are over 2000 plants worldwide using ozone to purify drinking water. Recently, Los Angeles built the largest ozone plant in the world for purification of the city's drinking water supply. This system was chosen over a chlorine system because of ozone's extraordinary ability to purify water with out side effects. Unlike chlorine, ozone leaves no toxic residues that have to be removed or disposed of. It is a stable yet powerful bactericide, viralicide and bleaching agent.

I.   PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Made from three atoms of OXYGEN, Chemical symbol, O3.
Colorless in gaseous form, appears blue in "Thick Layers" {Blue Sky}.
Dark blue or almost black in liquid form.
Solid crystalline form is violet to blue in color.
Melting point ~ 80 K.
Boiling point ~ 161 K.
Has a very unique "Electric" odor that can be detected as low as 0.012 PPM.
Highly unstable and not possible to store, all users generate it on-site, as needed.
II.   FORMATION
Natural
1. Lightning.
2. Solar radiation. {Ultraviolet wavelengths A, B, & C}
3. Photochemical Smog in large cities.
Man-made
4. Corona discharge. {Usually in air or oxygen atmospheres}
5. High voltage gas discharge tubes. {Germicidal UV lamps}
III.   SOLUBILITY
Soluble in water.
1. Affected by temperature, pressure and contaminant levels.
IV.   OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Ozone has a peak absorption in the UV Spectrum at 255.3 NM, which puts its most effective band in the UV "C" spectrum. Without this particular property, no life could exist on the earth's surface.
V.   EFFECTS ON HUMAN BEINGS
In low concentrations, {Less than 0.05 Parts Per Million}, OZONE has a sweet pleasant odor. It is responsible for the familiar odor of a thunderstorm due to the OZONE created by lightning. {High voltage electrical discharge}
Natural ground-level concentrations are typically 0.03 PPM.
O.S.H.A. 24 hour exposure limit, 0.05 PPM, {Parts Per Million}
O.S.H.A. 8 hour exposure limit, 0.1 PPM
O.S.H.A. Short-term exposure limit, 0.3 PPM
Effective as a disinfectant and sterilizing agent at levels of 35% to 50% of that specified by O.S.H.A. for 24 hour exposure levels.
Prolonged exposure to high levels, {^ 100 PPM}, produces headache and perhaps nausea.
Emergency first aid procedure is to remove victim from areas of high concentration, whereupon the symptoms will disappear.