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Ozone gas (O3) is a naturally occurring tri-atomic form of oxygen (O2) that is formed as sunlight passes through the atmosphere. It can be generated artificially by passing high voltage electricity through oxygen rich air (corona discharge), causing oxygen to break apart and recombine in the tri-atomic form. Because oxygen naturally seeks its normal state, ozone is an unstable, highly reactive form of the gas.
As an oxidizer, it is 51 times more powerful as chlorine, the oxidizer most commonly used by most food processors, and 3,100 times faster at killing bacteria and other microbes. Ozone is effective as a disinfectant at relatively low concentrations and does not leave toxic byproducts similar to those related to chlorination. Ozone reacts with unsaturated bonds and causes them to split, especially under acidic conditions. If exposed to a long list of pollutants, bacteria, viruses, spores, fungi, mold, mildew, etc., ozone will react with them and destroy them. If left unreacted, ozone will degrade back to O2 in about 20 minutes.