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Ozone is not "in" the periodic table for the same reason diamond and
graphite--both are forms of the element carbon--are not "in" the periodic table.
Ozone is a particular molecular form ("allotrope") O3 of the element
oxygen. The confusion comes from the fact that the oxygen allotrope
O2 is also called "oxygen."
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