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Ozone is a _______ allotrope of oxygen.

(a) Monoatomic

(b) Diatomic

(c) Triatomic

(d) Polyatomic

The question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Iodine, Bromine and Ozone Treatment in chapter Properties of Disinfection of Environmental Engineering

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Right choice is (c) Triatomic

Easy explanation: Ozone is a triatomic allotrope of oxygen, which is an unstable gas and the breakdown into normal oxygen containing two atoms of oxygen by molecule.

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