Cuprusangium

ru:Купрусангий
Cuprusangium [ˈkjuːprəˈsæŋgɪæm] is a liquid used as a substitute for blood in machines that Jacob Newman builds. It fulfils the basic function of transporting energy between bodyparts, provides communication between those and also transporting away whatever undue elements might be produced in the electronic body. The term cuprusangium was coined by Newman as a derivative from the two Latin words: cuprum (copper) and sanguis (blood), where the suffix -ium means "compound name", hence - cupru|sang|ium
== Contents, characteristics ==
"Cuprusangium" literally means "copper blood". Reasoning for this name is that the liquid acts as blood while having a high concentration of copper. It does not actually have any compounds that make up human blood, i. e. plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Cuprusangium is comprised of copper particles intermixed with a low concentration of magnetic elements that help transport energy throughout the liquid. The substance is a liquid because it's a water-based solution. It has a bright blue colour that glows in the dark and has no particular smell. The blue colour comes from the fact that while in contact with oxygen (O2) particles from water, copper particles oxidise and produce a small layer of copper oxide (CuO), that has a blue-ish hue. It is not recommended to ingest cuprusangium for living beings, as it very well may cause severe digestive problems.
The idea for using copper instead of iron as the transporting element (as in human blood) came from the fact that copper has the 2nd highest electric conductivity out of all metal elements (after silver), but is much cheaper to mass-use than silver. Since machines don't need organic nutrients, they use electrical energy in a higher demand than living organisms, so cuprusangium is, essentially, the best choice for them.
Do note that cuprusangium perfectly suits only machines built by Jacob Newman, as they have their own circuitry and circulatory system that differs from factory mass-produced machines.
== Trivia ==
Category:Science