How is ozone layer formed in the atmosphere


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How is ozone layer formed in the atmosphere

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Ozone is produced naturally in the stratosphere when highly energetic solar radiation strikes molecules of oxygen, O2, and cause the two oxygen atoms to split apart in a process called photolysis.

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