This paper deals with studies of the ozone synthesis by means of an ac discharge (50 Hz) between two parallel ferroelectric plates under radial oxygen flow conditions a t atmospheric pressure. Bariumtitanate based ceramic with E e~ 6000 was used as ferroelectric material. An important feature of this kind of the discharge is the fact that the operating voltage is well one order of magnitude smaller than that of the silent discharge usually used for the 0, production. Examples of I -U characteristics are discussed. The absorption of light at 253.7 nm wavelength was used to determine [OJ within and downstream of the discharge as function of the 0, flow rate. These results have been examined in terms of it kinetic investigation of the 0, synthesis based on the socalled plug flow model including the particle balance equations of electrons, 0 atoms, 0, and 0, molecules, respectively. Thus, the measured decrease of [O,] with increasing flow rate can be explained by the increasing influence of the loss of 0, by convection on the particle balance of 0,.