Electrical discharges in air produce a distinctive smell, once thought to be that of electricity itself. This was reported in 1785 by Van Marum, who observed that oxygen gas in which electricity had sparked would then tarnish mercury. In 1840 Schönbein noted the smell again in oxygen from electrolysis of acidulated water and concluded it was a gas, which he named from the Greek ozon, “smelling”. Five years later, de la Rive formed ozone from pure oxygen gas (O2), proving de Marignac’s idea that ozone was an allotrope, or alternate form, of oxygen, but it was not until 1865 that Soret found, from volumetric analysis, the correct formula of O3.
Ozone is present in natural air, as first shown by Houzeau in 1858. Schönbein’s paper strips saturated with starch-iodide solution, which turn blue in the presence of ozone, provided an inexpensive test, and paper ozonometry became popular in nineteenth-century Europe. Concentrations were higher in coastal areas and bright sunshine, and depleted...
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Liley, J.B. (2005). Ozone. In: Oliver, J.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of World Climatology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_155
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