The Strange Chemistry Behind Why You Get Sick on Planes

The compound ozone, a known respiratory irritant, exists in high concentrations at flight altitudes, making the “fresh air” sucked in by air conditioners at those heights, well, not so fresh. In fact ozone exposure may be responsible for many of the short-term discomforts we associate with air travel. What’s more, ozone can react with other compounds in the air -- even the oils of our skin -- to produce other toxic compounds, like aldehydes and ketones. Some planes have catalytic converters, like the ones in cars, which use transition metals to turn ozone into breathable oxygen. But not every plane has one!
Ingenious is made with funding and featuring scientists from 3M, Ascend Performance Materials, Baker Hughes, BASF, Dow, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, PPG, Royal DSM, SABIC, Solvay, and W. L. Gore & Associates, none of whom influenced any editorial decisions.
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[@adventour167]

Before I hate chemistry so much....but after watching this video....Olalah I can't wait for other topics....worth learning.

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What are the commercial airplanes that has these ozone converters ? i.e. Boeing 747, Airbus 380, etc. ?

[@C_U_R_I_E_L]

So interesting!

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Alex on ACS! Woot!

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It's awesome

[@fookingsog]

Ozone is basically "GASEOUS BLEACH!!!" Ozone can be *NEUTRALIZED WITH SIMPLE CARBON IMPREGNATED FILTERS!!!* I used to maintain copy machines and Carbon impregnated filters on the air output of the high voltage coronal discharge were ridiculously simple!!! Would be dead simple easy to design an N95 style mask that utilizes a pleated Carbon impregnated filter that is easy to replace and maintain!!! So why did the simple Carbon solution not enter this video?🤔

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I knew something new

[@kimberlyhoward4032]

Better make sure the converter isn’t defective and worse than the ozone.

[@thatredsunburst]

Quit crying do you even know that the sun is a deadly laser