>o-zone (n). >1. A blue gaseous allotrope of oxygen, O3, formed naturally from diatomic >oxygen by electric discharge or exposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is an >unstable, powerfully bleaching, poisonous oxidizing agent with a pungent, >irritating odor, used to deodorize air, purify water, treat industrial wastes >and as a bleach. >---------------AHD > >Or that slightly strange smell you sense when you have been running an >electric motor for a while in a closed room. :-) Or the strong pungent smell >when lightning has struck nearby!! :-( >Jim Bryant (FL) James, Excellent research.... but when lightning strikes, you're too close to the swamp. Pungent John L.
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