How does ozone eliminate odour?
When ozone is faced with compounds like odours and pesticides, the extra atom of oxygen consumes them completely by oxidation reactions. Instead of masking the effect of unpleasant odours, Ozone destroys the odour causing compounds chemically. In so doing, that extra atom of oxygen is destroyed and there is nothing left…no odour… no extra atom, only oxygen. In contrast, other means of air purification are not as effective when compared with ozone. For example, because of the need to maintain room temperature it is not always practical to flush out the bad odours by using higher numbers of air changes; On the other hand, the use of fragrances can be used to mask the smell but this generally only makes matters worse.
