Ozone is prepared by passing silent electric discharge through oxygen. In this reaction [AFMC 1998]:
Energy is given out
Energy is absorbed
Oxygen is loaded with energy
Oxygen is dissociated into atoms
The preparation of ozone () from dioxygen () is represented by the chemical equation: . According to thermodynamic data in the sources, the standard molar enthalpy of formation () for ozone gas is . A positive enthalpy change indicates that the reaction is endothermic, meaning that energy is absorbed from the surroundings during the process . Silent electric discharge is specifically used to provide the necessary energy for this transition while preventing the temperature from rising high enough to decompose the ozone back into oxygen.
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