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WE have investigated the exchange reaction1–4 
using potassium ozonide KO3 5 as a new source of free hydroxyl radicals6. Potassium ozonide reacts instantaneously with water enriched in H2
18O, evolving oxygen according to the reactions : 
(and partly 
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KASARNOWSKY, I., LIPICHIN, N. & TICHOMIROV, M. Isotopic Exchange of Oxygen between Free Hydroxyl Radicals and Water. Nature 178, 100–101 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178100b0
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