O. Loew on the formation of Ozone. 369 
Art. XLIL—On the formation of Ozone by rapid combustion ; 
by O. Loew, Assistant in the Chemical Department of the 
College of the City of New york. 
(Read before the “ Lyceum of Natural Science,” New York). 
y €, common oxygen not 
being able to combine directly with the elements. In 1858 
ot 
Supported this notion, and Clausius has modified his hypothesis 
accordingly, now believing that ozone is a combination between 
an atom and a molecule of oxygen. This combination is but a 
loose one, and the power of oxydation resides in the third atom 
of oxygen, which combines directly with other substances, leay- 
img common oxygen behind. This constitution of ozone may 
be represented a the following formula: 
8([00]}=2([00]0) 
The oxydation of a metal by ozone is shown by the 
equation ([00]0)+M=M9+([00)). 
. 
3 e if the high temperature would not destroy it again as 
quickly as it is form 
is observation shows that not spe in slow oxydation but 
also in rapid combustion, an intermediate formation of ozone 
takes place,* and that it can be separated in the proper way. 
New York, ber, 1869. 
*  __* Compare the observation of Pincus in the article on Nitrification, this Journal, 
T vol. ii, p. 238s. 
Am. Jour. Sot.—Seconp Serres, Vou. XLIX, No. 147.—May, 1870. 
