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How is Ozone layer formed in the stratosphere? Name a chief chemical that causes its depletion.

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In stratosphere the free oxygen atoms combine with the molecular oxygen is presence of UV radiations to form ozone.

The chemical that causes its depletion is chlorofluorocarbon compounds or CFCs or fireons.

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