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  2. Ozone - Wikipedia

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    It can also be used for bleaching substances and for killing microorganisms in air and water sources. [144] Many municipal drinking water systems kill bacteria with ozone instead of the more common chlorine. [145] Ozone has a very high oxidation potential. [146] Ozone does not form organochlorine compounds, nor does it remain in the water after ...

  3. Ozone and biology - Wikipedia

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    Deodorize air and objects. [53] [54] Ozone generation unit at a drinking water treatment plant. Pool water treatment [55] [56] [57] Water reclamation. [58] With scalability problems being addressed. [59] Part of the solution for the removal of a range of environmental contaminants from water. [60] Chemical and drug synthesis. [61] [62]

  4. Ground-level ozone - Wikipedia

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    The main goal was to attain proper ozone air quality standards in both countries. [28] The North Front Range of Colorado has been out of compliance with the Federal Air Quality standards. The U.S. EPA designated Fort Collins as part of the ozone non-attainment area in November 2007. [29]

  5. Ozone layer - Wikipedia

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    UV-A does not primarily cause skin reddening, but there is evidence that it causes long-term skin damage. Although the concentration of the ozone in the ozone layer is very small, it is vitally important to life because it absorbs biologically harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation coming from the Sun. Extremely short or vacuum UV (10–100 nm) is ...

  6. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The adult human body averages ~53% water. [7] This varies substantially by age, sex, and adiposity. In a large sample of adults of all ages and both sexes, the figure for water fraction by weight was found to be 48 ±6% for females and 58 ±8% water for males. [8]

  7. Allotropes of oxygen - Wikipedia

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    There are several known allotropes of oxygen. The most familiar is molecular oxygen (O 2), present at significant levels in Earth's atmosphere and also known as dioxygen or triplet oxygen. Another is the highly reactive ozone (O 3). Others are: Atomic oxygen (O 1), a free radical. Singlet oxygen (O * 2), one of two metastable states of ...

  8. List of systems of the human body - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. List of organ systems in the human body Part of a series of lists about Human anatomy General Features Regions Variations Movements Systems Structures Arteries Bones Eponymous Foramina Glands endocrine exocrine Lymphatic vessels Nerves Organs Systems Veins Muscles Abductors Adductors ...

  9. Fluid compartments - Wikipedia

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    The human body and even its individual body fluids may be conceptually divided into various fluid compartments, which, although not literally anatomic compartments, do represent a real division in terms of how portions of the body's water, solutes, and suspended elements are segregated. The two main fluid compartments are the intracellular and ...