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NASCENT OXYGEN
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Answered by aadishree7667
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The term nascent oxygen refers to oxygenthat has just been made, presumably in a chemical reaction. Some people interpret this to mean O2 , which is made in many reactions, while others believe it to be a monatomic oxygen radical, which is far more reactiveNascent oxygen is very reactive and can react with different biomolecules. It is considered to be toxic to the aerobic life forms because oxygen can be converted into nascent oxygenOzone readily breaks down into normal oxygen, and releases nascent oxygen. Thenascent oxygen is a powerful oxidising agent andremoves the organic matter as well as the bacteriafrom the water.Nascent oxygen is the oxygen which hasn’t bonded covalently with another oxygen atom to form O2.

It is written in square brackets-[O].

Nascent oxygen is formed when ozone gas gets reduced because of presence of UV rays -O3- O2 + [0]

THIS nascent oxygen then quickly gets bonded with another oxygen atom to form O2 MOLECULE AGAIN.

We can also say that nascent oxygen is a single oxygen atom which has not bonded with another oxygen atom.

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Answered by captverma
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A very reactive and very unstable monoatomic oxygen is considered nascent oxygen and it is represented as [O]. It is a monatomic element. It has a high tendency to react to obtain an oxygen molecule (O2) with the other [O] nascent oxygen.

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