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Why does ozone act as a powerful oxidising agent?

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Ozone is an endothermic compound and it is thermodynamically unstable compared to oxygen. So ozone readily decomposes on heating to give nascent oxygen which will oxygen. ..other substances.`O_3overset"heat"toO_2+O`
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