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   Malcolm Street to Damon Hill   
   Re: Specific Impulse of cyclic ozone?   
   04 Feb 05 20:00:49   
   
   From: mstreet@internode.on.net   
      
   Damon Hill wrote:   
      
   > Liquid ozone has a notorious reputation for extreme and   
   > explosive instability; I'm not sure how this 'cyclic'   
   > ozone is supposed to be more stable, if it's going to be   
   > useable at all.   
   >   
   Extremely dumb question:   
      
   would the cyclic physical format (isomer?), which I assume is an equilateral   
   triangle,  make it more stable than a normal linear ozone molecule?   
      
   Malcolm   
      
   (Sorry, *hated* chemistry at uni so didn't take in as much as I should have)   
      
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