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Why does `O_3` act as a powerful oxidising agent ?

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Ozone is thermodynamically unstable. It easily decompose to give atoms of nascent oxygen.
`underset("Ozone")O_3 to underset("Nasent")(O_2) + underset("Nasent oxygen")([O])`
Ozone Nasent oxygen The nascent ozygen is ozone extremely reactive. Dioxygen this makes ozone a powerful oxidising agent.
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