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title: "What is the Ozone layer and where is it located?"  
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published: 2021-11-08  
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# What is the Ozone layer and where is it located?

What is the [Ozone layer](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1031/the-earth-s-ozone-layer-will-make-a-full-recovery-in-50-years) and where is it located?

## Answers

### Answer by Sanjay Goenka

**The ozone [layer](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80945/ozone-layer-is-healing-up-on-it-s-own) is the layer of molecules, which has three atoms of oxygen from 15 to 30 km above the earth’s surface. Located in the Stratosphere.** \
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**Overview** The ozone layer is **also called the securing covering of the earth** because it secures us from the deadly attacks of the **[ultraviolet rays](https://science.nasa.gov/ems/10_ultravioletwaves)**coming from the Sun. This is is the layer of **molecules having the three atoms of oxygen** which is called the **Ozone and the many layers of these molecules are known as the Ozone layers.** The region of the earth’s atmosphere in which this layer exists is known as the **stratosphere** which lies from **10 km to 50 km** from the surface of the earth. And the ozone layer where it is **found is 15 to 30 km in the stratosphere.** \
**Ozone** In Science, the word ozone **denotes the molecule of the three combined oxygen atoms.** This process of Science in the region is constantly formed and destroyed. The **chemical representation of Ozone is O3 and it is formed in a specific region in the atmosphere.** \
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**The ozone layer in the stratosphere** Normally it is found in the **region of 15 to 30 km pin the [troposphere](https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/atmosphere/troposphere#:~:text=The%20troposphere%20is%20the%20lowest,weather%20occurs%20within%20this%20layer.&text=The%20bottom%20of%20the%20troposphere%20is%20at%20Earth)** and the thickness of the **layer varies from equator to pole like the thickness in the equator is low and near the pole is high**. The variation defers from season to season and the major reason for the variation is the atmospheric circulation patterns and solar intensity. \
**Depletion of the ozone layer** Nowadays the depletion of the ozone layers has increased significantly and its effect can be **seen easily in human life and plants.** The main reason for the depletion of the ozone is the presence of free **radical catalysts like nitric oxide (NO)**, **Nitrous Oxide (N2O)**, **Hydroxyl (OH)**, atomic **Bromine (Br**), and **atomic Chlorine (Cl).** In recent decades, the man-made Halogen compound mainly **Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)** and **Bromoflurocarbons**, this man-made material surged the effect of depletion in the **ozone layer**. \
Read More [What is Radiation?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93615/what-is-radiation) \


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