On 29 Sep 97 at 16:37, N STEENKAMP [M.ING E&E] wrote:


> If I'm not mistaken, then UV (with high enough frequency) causes the
> formation of ozone.  That is probably what causes the 'fresh smell'.
> Now, before we all switch on our UV erasers in an effort to save the
> ozone layer, I've also heard that ozone is poisonous.  I'm not sure
> about that though, but in the least, it irritates your airways.  I
> once forgot my homebrew UV eraser on overnight and felt really bad
> the next day.  Since then I have constructed a small timer (with a
> PIC of course!) to prevent such incidents in the future.
>

It's a fairly aggressive oxidant, I would'nt recommend breathing it
instead off normal oxygen (ozone is 3 atoms of oxygen, 'normal'
oxygen 2)
MikeS
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