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PRODUCT: HOMECARE OZONE FOOD STERILIZER
AsiaLink Ozone Sterilizer Product |
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MODEL: HC-203 |
Ozone (O3), also known as "Active Oxygen", is a colorless gas with a characteristically clean, but strong odor.
Ozone is the safest and second most powerful oxidant known to human, neutralizes contaminants or chemically alters them,
so that they can be more easily eliminated. Ozone has been commercially used since 1893 when the first full-scale
drinking water treatment application was implemented. Today, it is the most valuable and powerful tool in air and water purification,
food preservation, and body detoxification.
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| ABOUT OZONE |
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THE HISTORY OF OZONE |
The Odor of Ozone was first reported by Van Mauren in 1785, in the vicinity of an electrical discharge.
In 1840, Christian Schonbein observed a unique odor during electrolysis and electrical sparking experiments and
identified this characteristic odor as a previously undermined compound. He named it Ozone after the Greek
work “ozein”, meaning to smell.
However the identity of the structure of the compound was confirmed in 1867 as triatomic oxygen.
This simply means the Ozone molecule contains three oxygen atoms, having the chemical symbol O3.
Ozone is no this more than another molecular form of oxygen, the chemical symbol for which is O2.
Ozone has been commercially used since 1893 when the first full-scale drinking water treatment application
was implemented. In 1906, the city of nice, France built the first municipal water purification plant utilizing Ozone.
The first commercial pool to utilize Ozone as disinfection system in the U.S. was the Mohawk Cruiser Swim and
Tennis Club in Bryam, NJ in 1937. An Ozone system was displayed at the 39/40 New York world’s Fair as the
future in water treatment. Then, in the 1940’s, Ozone was used to purify the indoor pool water at the U.S. Naval
Academy in Annapolis.
Recently, Los Angeles built the largest Ozone plant in the world for purification of the city’s drinking water
supply. Though Ozone is the most powerful oxidizer that can be safely used in pools and spas, the number of
pools using Ozone as the primary disinfectant is relatively low in the U.S.,
however the numbers are growing rapidly.
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| INTRODUCTION TO OZONE |
That fresh clean smell after a thunderstorm is the result of God's own natural air purifier, "OZONE".
Ozone is the safest and second most powerful oxidant known to man. In simple layperson’s terms, Ozone,
as an oxidant, neutralizes contaminants or chemically alters them, so that they can be more easily eliminated.
The high oxidation potential of Ozone is the reason that it is becoming the most valuable and powerful tool in air
and water purification, food preservation, and body detoxification.
Chemistry of Ozone
Ozone (O3) is the tri-atomic form of oxygen, also known as "Active Oxygen". It is a molecule consisting
of three oxygen atoms (O1+O1+O1=O3) as opposed to the two oxygen atoms which comprise the
normal oxygen molecule (O1+O1=O2). Ozone is formed naturally by the Ultra-Violet Rays of the sun
(photochemical reaction) and by lighting (bio-electrical reaction). Ozone is also formed synthetically by
passing air or oxygen over an ultra-Violet Lamp (photochemical reaction) and through a high-voltage field
(bio-electrical reaction). Some of the oxygen molecules are split into two separate oxygen atoms.
These single atoms then form semi-unstable bonds with the oxygen molecules (O2+O1=O3/Ozone).
These oxygen molecules are highly reactive. This reactivity is because of the third atom of oxygen, also known
as a “Hungry Atom”, this atom being very eager to break away from this semi-unstable bond and react with
any oxidizable compound (organic or inorganic). Also due to it’s reactivity, Ozone has a very short life span
(about 20 min).
Mechanism of Ozone
As was stated before, ozone exists as a very unstable molecule, thus being readily biodegradable and
very useful by virtue of it’s oxidizing properties. The Ozone molecule is a highly effective biocide and
purifying/cleaning agent because of it’s powerful oxidizing potential. Ozone destroys bacteria, viruses, mold,
fungi, protozoa, algae and yeast more effectively than any other biocide available. Perhaps equally important is
the fact that Ozone prohibits the ability of microorganisms to develop a resistance to Ozone.
The ability of Ozone to oxidize inorganic and organic compounds and kill microorganisms are properties
which have been harnessed and applied to many present day needs. For Example, more than 2,000 cities,
throughout the world including Los Angeles and Dallas, starting over 100 years ago, have been using Ozone to
very effectively purify their municipal water supplies.
Safety of Ozone
Ozone is a colorless gas with a characteristically clean, but strong odor. It spontaneously decomposes
back to oxygen under all ordinary conditions, thus not being encountered except in the immediate vicinity of
where it is formed. The toxicity of Ozone has been debated for many years. Ozone, being very reactive and
oxidative, can be somewhat harsh on the lungs, because of the reaction with the contamination. Ozone is not so
much an irritant itself, like the contamination to which it is reacting. Tests seem to show that reaction to the
Ozone/air mixture is influenced by many factors, including the amount of nitrous oxide present (depending on
the Ozone Generator design), exposure concentration, the duration of the exposure, whether the exposed
individual is at rest or active, and the susceptibility of that individual.
The current Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standard for Ozone is 0.1 parts per million
(ppm) pf air over a 8 hour work shift. However, Ozone can typically be detected in the air by the sensitive human
nose in a concentration range of 0.02 to 0.05 ppm. Although Ozone can be toxic and corrosive in very high
concentrations, it presents no safety or handling problems in properly designed operating systems. It’s freedom
from operating hazards is witnessed by the long background of trouble-free use in thousands of installations
around the world.
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| AMAZING FACTS ABOUT OZONE |
• It is formed by 3 atoms of oxygen (O2 + O1 = O3)
• It is a very powerful form of "active oxygen"
• It will revert back to oxygen (O2) within 20 minutes
• It is naturally formed by lightning and UV rays from the sun
• It is GOD’s way of purifying the air, making it fresh and clean
• It is GOD’s way of purifying the water, making it clear and clean
• It is a GOD given, natural, organic and environmentally safe gas
• It is powerfully reactive and the strongest scientifically proven safe oxidizer
• It protects us from the harmful part of the UV rays in the upper atmosphere
• It is found by seashores and waterfalls, in the mountains and pine forests
• It is the strongest natural algaecide, bactericide, viricide, fungicide, protozoazcide, and
parasiticide (i.e. Giardia & Cryptosporidium) know to man, being used for more than 100 years with 99.9% efficiency
• It is now being used to purify the municipal water supply in major US Cities, including Los Angeles,
Dallas and Milwaukee, over 3000 cities worldwide
• It is present in automobile exhausts and smog, thus contributing significantly to the reduction of the
toxic hydrocarbons in these exhaust gases and smog by oxidizing them into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O)
• It is a very misunderstood and under-applied substance, that could do much to decontaminate our
environment and to relieve a multitude of the environmental and medical problems that are afflicting humanity
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| THE USES & ADVANTAGES OF OZONE |
The following list shows most of the uses of Ozone, involving air, water, food and body.
1. AIR PURIFICATION
Acetone, ammonia, arsenic, asbestos, bacteria, benzene, carbon monoxide, chlorine, chloroform,
cooking odors, cyanide, dander, dust, fingernail polish, fingernail, polish remover, fish odor, formaldehyde, fungi,
hair dyes, hair permanents, hair sprays, hydrogen sulfide, methane, mildew, mites, molds, musty odors, nitrates,
paint, pet odors, phenols, phosphates, pollen, radon gas, smoke, static electricity, sulfur dioxide, trichlorethane,
viruses, yeast, bad odors in the air, and chemical out gassing from building and furnishing materials, plus
anything else that may apply that is on one of the other lists.
2. WATER PURIFICATION
Detergents, oils pesticides, shampoos, algae, cysts, nematodes, parasites, protozoa, cadmium, calcium,
chromium, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, bad tastes in the water or anything else that may
apply that is on one of the other lists.
3. FOOD DETOXIFICATION
Inorganic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers or anything else that may apply that is on one of the other lists.
4. BODY DETOXIFICATION (see also WATER PURIFICATION)
Toxins, wastes , drugs, antibiotics, excessive minerals, heavy metals or anything else that may apply that is
on one of the other lists. |
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