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- Expand CFC.
- How does it reduce ozone to oxygen?
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Answer
- Chlorofluorocarbons.
- In stratosphere, UV rays act on CFCs thereby releasing Cl, which degrades ozone, releasing molecular oxygen. Cl atoms act merely as catalyst and are not consumed in the reaction. A single chlorine atom can convert 1 lakh molecules of ozone into oxygen.
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