Introduction O z o n e h a s been a n i m p o r t a n t reagent of t h e o r g a n i c c h e m i s t a l m o s t f r o m t h e t i m e of i t s d i s c o v e r y b y Schônbein i n 1840.
W i t h t h e d i s c o v e r y of t h e ozone l a y e r i n t h e
u p p e r a t m o s p h e r e , a n d i t s a l l - i m p o r t a n t r o l e as a n u l t r a v i o l e t s h i e l d , t h e a n d r e a c t i o n s of
properties
ozone b e c a m e of i n t e n s e i n t e r e s t i n a n e n t i r e l y different
field
of
science. T e n y e a r s ago t h e r e w o u l d h a v e b e e n l i t t l e t o g a i n i n b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r t h e d i v e r s e i n t e r e s t s r e p r e s e n t e d b y these t w o aspects of ozone c h e m i s t r y .
T h e recent establish
m e n t of t r a n s i e n t ozone f o r m a t i o n i n u r b a n a t m o s p h e r e s — r e s u l t i n g f r o m r e s e a r c h o n the L o s Angeles air pollution problem—came
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photochemists,
organic
from contributions b y
meteorologists,
a n d a n a l y t i c a l chemists, a n d perhaps foremost,
by
a plant
p h y s i o l o g i s t u t i l i z i n g a l l these d i s c i p l i n e s , A . J . H a a g e n - S m i t . T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l O z o n e C o n f e r e n c e , h e l d i n C h i c a g o , N o v e m b e r 28 t o 30, 1956, succeeded i n p r o v i d i n g a m e d i u m f o r c u r r e n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g ozone as i t affects science
and technology.
T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h e conference differed w i d e l y i n t h e
reasons f o r t h e i r i n t e r e s t i n ozone.
B u t t h e h i g h l e v e l a n d e n t h u s i a s t i c response
from
300 r e g i s t r a n t s , w h i c h v a s t l y exceeded o u r e x p e c t a t i o n s , a t t e s t e d t o a n effective i n t e r c h a n g e of ozone k n o w l e d g e . W e h a d h o p e d t o receive a sufficient n u m b e r of p a p e r s t o o c c u p y t h r e e d a y s o f single sessions.
B u t so m a n y w o r t h - w h i l e p a p e r s were s u b m i t t e d — o v e r 6 0 — t h a t t h e
conference w a s s c h e d u l e d i n t r i p l e c o n c u r r e n t
sessions.
T h e e v e n t m a r k e d t h e first o c c a s i o n f o r a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l exchange of i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g ozone in b o t h science a n d t e c h n o l o g y .
W e think it marked an important
step f o r w a r d f o r ozone r e s e a r c h . M a n y individuals a n d groups who
did m u c h f o r t h e success of t h e
deserve g r e a t a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r g i v i n g of t h e i r t i m e a n d t a l e n t . w e r e t h e sponsors of t h e
conference
A m o n g t h e m especially
conference—namely:
Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology Aerojet-General Corp. Air Pollution Foundation Air Reduction Co. American Electroaire Co. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society Ε. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
Grace Chemical Research & Development Co. Groak Engineering Corp. Linde Co., D i v . of Union Carbide Corp. Melco Products, Inc. National Science Foundation The Welsbach Corp. Westinghouse Electric Corp. HALDON A. LEEDY
Director, Armour Research Foundation
OZONE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1959.
