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Re: Need Ozone
Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "default by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<moya-at-primus.ca>
>
> Hello Ed, Dunckx and all
>
> That is a good question Ed - As I am only using the "sniff" test - O3 is
> heavier then O2 (you
> knew that) and it is more concentrated near the floor level - I can detect
> a sharp/fresh smell
> right away (when trying to generate O3) but once in a while I thought I
> smelt chlorine/bleech
> and I surmised this was a more saturated % of O3 (getting closer).
>
> Here is the O3 test recently posted by (Jeff /cougercat) - I hope this is
> right....
>
> -** General College Chemistry; Sneed & Maynard - Van Nostrand Press 1944
>
> There is a simple test that can detect ozone in less than 1 part in
> 1,000,000. It consists of a piece of paper that has been moistened with a
> starch emulsion containing a little sodium or potassium iodide. In the
> presents of ozone, the iodine is set free and impacts a blue color to the
> starch. **
Interesting test, but don't have the iodides here to give it a try.
Two questions:
1. Have you tried it? Results?
2. Are the results unambiguous?
Ed