Hydroxyls: Powerful Air Purification 

Purifying Hydroxyls  |  Ozone  |  Negative Ions  |  UV Light

Biozone air purifiers use a unique, patent-pending process to create powerful purifying hydroxyls, or hydroxyl radicals (OH) as their main air purification method. These natural air-cleansing agents are significantly more powerful than plain ozone. Our patent-pending process allows Biozone units to only require a very small amount of ozone to produce large amounts of hydroxyls using the natural humidity in the air.  Hydroxyl radicals, which occur naturally in our atmosphere, are 33% more effective at oxidizing pollutants in the air than ozone, and 2.5 times more germicidal and fungicidal than chlorine, making them the most effective method of destroying mold, bacteria, viruses, and germs that you can buy.  Hydroxyls have also been proven effective at eliminating chemical fumes, vapors, and unpleasant odors, much more so, again, than plain ozone.

Why Are Hydroxyls An Important Part of Our Air?

Hydroxyls are the atmoshpere's natural filter. Several recent studies have brought to light some alarming facts:

• Atmosphere's natural filter may be failing
  
• Decline in Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide Raises Questions About Its Cause

According to a recent New York Times article (May, 2001), hydroxyl radicals are thought by atmospheric chemistry scientists to purge more than half the sulfur dioxide added to the air by smokestacks, volcanoes and other sources.

An international study being conducted over the Indian Ocean which, in part, measured hydroxyl radical levels, led a team of atmospheric experts to conclude that without hydroxyl radicals, air pollution can remain at toxic and harmful levels for much longer, increasing the likelihood of negative effect on humans. More than half a million people die in India every year of pollution-related respiratory ailments; similar numbers are recorded in other Asian countries. It is a known fact that hydroxyl radicals are necessary for natural air cleansing and toxin removal.  Hydroxyls are why our planet hasn't choked itself to death and the reason we can live at all in our cities.

How Biozone Air Purifiers Produce Powerful Hydroxyl Radicals

Biozone air purifiers produce just enough ozone - and it is a very small amount - to enable the production of hydroxyl radicals. Ozone, or O3, is produced by our patented UV lamp (we do not use the older corona discharge method) inside the unit. Other wavelengths of light produced by this lamp break the O3 into O2 (oxygen) and O1 (oxygen singlets). The O1 molecules are highly reactive and will readily combine with hydrogen (H) atoms that are found in the natural humidity in the air to make OH - hydroxyl radicals. These hydroxyl radicals are an extremely powerful air purifying agent, much more so than ozone and without the undesirable side effects commonly associated with air cleaners whose primary method of air cleansing is ozone.

Biozone's patented split, high-purity, quartz-fused UV lamp is the key to this amazing new technology. It, along with patented electronic technology, allows Biozone air purifiers to produce a much more consistent UV wavelength, which results in continuous production of large volumes of safe and effective hydroxyl radicals. This is truly a breakthrough in air purification technology - and only Biozone® has it.

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Our exclusive 12-volt power supply and constant-wattage, solid-state circuitry eliminate the power fluctuations and cyclical surges that plague all other UV air purifiers on the market today. Power surges cause inconsistency of the UV wavelength, and this results in erratic production of hydroxyl radicals and "blasts" of ozone. 

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