Ozone effects - Recommend Ozone emmisions from our day-to-activities?

[wmarhel]

The climate scientists need to be able to do their work without interference from biased sources, no matter what the political persuasion of the biased sources might be. Matters of science do not get settled by popular opinion; science is not a democratic process.

I wouldn't probably disagree with this belief, if it wasn't for the fact that scientist themselves have some bias. With global warming we see it on both sides. With other topics, we see scientists who are worse than prostitutes; willing to study any subject matter that has grant money attached to it. The prostitute at least is likely to be upfront about what they are selling.

When you get into politically charged subject matter like this, it all needs to be suspect into proven otherwise.

Wayne

 

[Jim Wynne]

I wouldn't probably disagree with this belief, if it wasn't for the fact that scientist themselves have some bias. With global warming we see it on both sides. With other topics, we see scientists who are worse than prostitutes; willing to study any subject matter that has grant money attached to it. The prostitute at least is likely to be upfront about what they are selling.

When you get into politically charged subject matter like this, it all needs to be suspect into proven otherwise.

Wayne

At the time this thread was initiated, the Controversial Topics forum didn't exist. It does now, and and there's a thread for this discussion. Let's keep the conversation there.

 

[Randy]

We are having a Buna N (rubber) quality issue of the product failing prematurely. The usual cause of this failure is Ozone.

I am trying to determine if there are any items in our factory that would generate ozone. We have recently completed a renovation to the factory, new layout, new lighting, etc.

Thanks,
Phil

Electrical arching can create ozone which is nothing more than O3. There may also be some chemical reaction in process that causes the O3 to be created.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Electrical arching can create ozone which is nothing more than O3. There may also be some chemical reaction in process that causes the O3 to be created.

There's some good information about potential sources of indoor ozone here.

 

[harry]

Electrical arching can create ozone which is nothing more than O3

And that includes electric motors.

Storing rubber products in close proximity to DC electric motors can accelerate the rate at which ozone cracking occurs. The commutator of the motor creates sparks which in turn produce ozone.

 

[Phil Fields]

Randy, Jim, and Harry,
Thank you for your replies. Welding operations are in the area, but no other potential items. We may need to repackage the seals so that they are not exposed to potential ozone. I want to rule out our factory as a potential contaminate.

We are checking with our supplier to see if there are potential ozone issues at their facility.

Thanks,
Phil

 

[Randy]

Welding? Oh yeah, lots of ozone from that (along with other nasties)