The experimental investigation of chloride ion oxidation under the action of ozone and ultraviolet radiation with wavelength 254 nm in the bulk of acid aqueous solution at pH 0-2 has been performed. Processes of chloride oxidation in these conditions are the same as the chemical reactions in the system O3 - OH - Cl(-)(aq). Despite its importance in the environment and for ozone-based water treatment, this reaction system has not been previously investigated in the bulk solution. The end products are chlorate ion ClO3(-) and molecular chlorine Cl2. The ions of trivalent iron have been shown to be catalysts of Cl(-) oxidation. The dependencies of the products formation rates on the concentrations of O3 and H(+) have been studied. The chemical mechanism of Cl(-) oxidation and Cl2 emission and ClO3(-) formation has been proposed. According to the mechanism, the dominant primary process of chloride oxidation represents the complex interaction with hydroxyl radical OH with the formation of Cl2(-) anion-radical intermediate. OH radical is generated on ozone photolysis in aqueous solution. The key subsequent processes are the reactions Cl2(-) + O3 → ClO + O2 + Cl(-) and ClO + H2O2 → HOCl + HO2. Until the present time, they have not been taken into consideration on mechanistic description and modelling of Cl(-) oxidation. The final products are formed via the reactions 2ClO → Cl2O2, Cl2O2 + H2O → 2H(+) + Cl(-) + ClO3(-) and HOCl + H(+) + Cl(-) ⇄ H2O + Cl2. Some portion of chloride is oxidized directly by O3 molecule with the formation of molecular chlorine in the end.

The composition of low-temperature condensates obtained by the reaction of hydrogen atoms with liquid ozone has been determined from the Raman spectra and data on the molar ratio of O2 to H2O2 in the decomposition products. The main constituents are hydrogen tetroxide H2O4, trioxide H2O3, and peroxide H2O2 in comparable amounts and also water H2O. The mechanism and quantitative kinetic model of their formation have been proposed. H2O4, H2O3, and H2O2 are formed in the diffusion-controlled reactions between OH and HO2 in the liquid ozone layer and stabilized by transfer to the solid phase. OH and HO2 radicals are generated via a sequence of the reactions initiated by the interaction H + O3(liq). The model adequately reproduces the properties of the real condensates.

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