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Date May 2021 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 21M.2.hl.TZ1.7c
Level hl Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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21M.2.hl.TZ1.7c

Oxygen exists as two allotropes, diatomic oxygen, O2, and ozone, O3.

(c)

Explain, using equations, how the presence of CCl2F2 results in a chain reaction that decreases the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere.

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CCl2F2(g) →∙CClF2(g) Cl(g)

Cl•(g)+O3(g)→O2(g)+ClO•(g)
AND
ClO∙(g)+O3(g)→2O2(g)+Cl(g)


Do not penalize missing radical.

Accept:for M2:
Cl∙(g) + O3(g) → O2(g) + ClO(g)
AND
ClO∙(g) + O(g) → O2(g) + Cl(g)