Ozone Facts
What is Ozone?
Simply stated, ozone is a molecule composed of 3 oxygen atoms. In nature, ozone is formed by reactions involving ultraviolet rays, or by the electrical discharge of lightning. Modern ozone generators create ozone by drawing oxygen over highly charged plates. Once generated by ozone generators, ozone (O3) is highly reactive and 1 of the 3 oxygen atoms splits off the molecule and attaches itself to any particle or pollutant it comes in contact with. This is referred to as "oxidization". As a result, the particle will no longer be toxic and is destroyed. Once the single oxygen atom oxidizes the particle, it too is destroyed. All that is left behind is the O2 molecule...pure and clean oxygen. The half-life of ozone is 20-30 minutes. After this time period the ozone is spent and decomposes into simple oxygen. There are no harmful residuals that need to be removed after ozonation because ozone decomposes rapidly.
Ozone is one of the most powerful disinfectants know to man. It is 50 times more powerful and over 3000 times faster acting than chlorine bleach. Ozone is more effective than chlorine in destroying viruses and bacteria. ozone facts
Ozone Safety:
Ozone will eliminate the worst odours and destroy harmful bacteria. It can also reduce or eliminate moulds, mould spores, fungi, and dust mites. However, ozone is a highly reactive gas that you need to take precautions with during application. When shocking an area or room (applying high levels of ozone), never remain in the room. Make sure to remove all pets and plants. Also, make sure to wear a respirator mask when entering an area that has just been shock-treated (ozone, in high concentrations, is a know lung irritant).
Unlike harmful and toxic chemical disinfectants, ozone has a half-life of 20-30 minutes, so within 1-2 hours after a shock treatment, the ozone will have dissipated and only clean, fresh air remains. ozone generator rental in Edmonton
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Expert testimonials
"The trouble is that one soon gets used to bad air, and bad odors are not apt to be noticed after awhile; but the fact remains that pure air is more wholesome than contaminated air. In our regular daily life, it is almost an impossibility to provide for fresh air. No amount of ventilation, not even an unbearable draft, will be capable of keeping a room or a place in good condition, unless one takes recourse in ventilating with ozonized air. Removal of bad odors by means of air flushing is an absolute impossibility, and yet they should be removed. That is where ozone comes in. The method of purifying the air by ozone has the advantage of being fully reliable, very efficient and inexpensive."
Authority: A. Vosmaer, Ph.D.,
London, England Electrical and Chemical Engineer In
"Ozone, its Manufacture, Properties and Uses"
"Ozone destroys virtually all odors that are present. It does not merely mask them. The destruction of odors is impossible when air is circulated only, or when oxygen is used. This fact has been proven in cold storage warehouses, where all kinds and any food products are stored. Odors are not present regardless how strong they might be, or where they may originate, if only low concentrations of Ozone is used."
- E. W. Reisbeck. M. E.,
Ozone Research Authority,
In "Air Conditioning and Ozone Facts"
"As a deodorant for odors and stenches of organic origin, ozone has long proven effective and we can only confirm this general opinion."
- Dr. Philip Drinker,
School of Public Health, Harvard University
"The effect of Ozone was thought in the past to be a masking action, but more recently the tendency is to hold that it is purely an oxidizing process. Most odors encountered in ventilation problems result from hydrocarbon compounds suspended in the atmosphere in minute quantities as the result of human or animal respiration and from various organic processes. These hydrocarbons are immediately oxidized upon coming in contact with ozone, the resulting products being water and carbon dioxide, both odorless. This process is effective in completely removing the scent of odors, if the reaction is complete, which requires that the Ozone be in such a manner as to insure its even distribution throughout the air.
- Editorial In "Heating and Ventilation Magazine"
"Unpleasant odors are not masked or covered up, but are literally destroyed. The results in an ordinary room are almost immediate. Where clean, fresh air is desirable, this machine has a definite contribution to make to the Medical World."
- George A. Johnstone, MD,
Medical Director of Behrens Memorial Hospital Glendale, California