On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:16:27 +0000, Ted Edwards wrote:
Rich Grise wrote:
On Tue, 31 May 2005 08:25:52 -0400, [presumably Mebart] top-posted:
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although a small trace amount appears
in the air as a result of static from lightening and other natural
events.

And makes the outdoors smell springtime fresh! :-)

Your name has a familiar ring. Where/are you involved in the sale or
manufacture of ionic "air cleaners"?

No, but I did work for an environmental consultant who installed a bunch
of "germicical UV" lights near the ceiling of a commercial bakery that
stunk of rot and mildew all of the time, and about a week later it
didn't stink any more. And that was _intentional_ ozone generation,
specifically to clean and deodorize the air.

But, in cleaning the air, the ozone gets used up. Like when you're
burning a candle in a jar, the oxygen runs out because the wax and
oxygen make CO2, H2O, and soot. So after killing a certain weight
of bacteria and spores and dust mites, the O3 has taken place in
chemical reactions (oxidation) and isn't ozone any more anyway.

Cheers!
Rich