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Ozone is a powerful oxidising agent in comparison to $O_2$ . Ozone is diamagnetic but $O_2$ is paramagnetic.

Updated On: Jul 28, 2022
  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
  • If assertion is true but reason is false
  • If both assertion and reason are false
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The Correct Option is B

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Ozone is a powerful oxidising agent next to fluorine. It is much stronger oxidising agent than oxygen because on easy decomposition it forms nascent oxygen. $O _{3} \longrightarrow O _{2}+[ O ]$ It is also true that $O _{3}$ diamagnetic while $O _{2}$ is paramagnetic.
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