What is the difference between ozone and dioxygen?

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anor277
May 15, 2017

#O_3# versus #O_2#.............?

Explanation:

Well one is a triatom, and one is a diatom.......that's your signal difference. And the molecules are similar in that they are both composed of oxygen atoms.

The Lewis structure of ozone shows charge separation, i.e. #O=stackrel(+)O-O^-#.

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