chlorine free radical can destroy the ozone molecules
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course a catalyst takes part in a reaction; otherwise, it would not change the rate of the reaction. This is true for every catalyst, without exception.
What a catalyst does is emerge on the other end of the reaction, the same as it was at the beginning.
In the case of Cl radicals and ozone, the Cl radical is regenerated after two molecules of ozone have been changed into three of O2.
Cl+O3→ClO+O2Cl+O3→ClO+O2
ClO+O3→Cl+2O2ClO+O3→Cl+2O2
Depletion of the Ozone Layer at ChemWiki
(This pair of reactions is rather oversimplified, and there are other reactions that participate in the sequence, but Cl atomic radicals are always regenerated.)
A "reactant" is something that is changed by the reaction; it doesn't come out the other end unchanged the way a catalyst does
What a catalyst does is emerge on the other end of the reaction, the same as it was at the beginning.
In the case of Cl radicals and ozone, the Cl radical is regenerated after two molecules of ozone have been changed into three of O2.
Cl+O3→ClO+O2Cl+O3→ClO+O2
ClO+O3→Cl+2O2ClO+O3→Cl+2O2
Depletion of the Ozone Layer at ChemWiki
(This pair of reactions is rather oversimplified, and there are other reactions that participate in the sequence, but Cl atomic radicals are always regenerated.)
A "reactant" is something that is changed by the reaction; it doesn't come out the other end unchanged the way a catalyst does
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