Cytamo

Cytamo is a toxic gas found mostly in underground pockets. It can be used to create various useful substances.
== Information ==
=== Cytamo ===
Cytamo is a dense gas that sinks in air. It is a mild neurotoxin and can cause harm to creatures with neurons. It presents a big problem to underground miners, as it is odorless and tasteless. 
Cytamo is fairly uncommon on Complanet, but it is much more common on Magornia. It makes up a substantial part of Lectrone's atmosphere, so cytamo is mainly extracted from there.
When cooled to -200°C, the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, cytamo changes into a liquid and remains that way even at room temperature, only evaporating again at a toasty 180°C. Liquid cytamo is a thin pale green liquid. It tastes bitter and is still toxic to ingest.
=== Derivatives of cytamo ===
Gaseous cytamo can be heavily pressurized with rock and metal to form gordtal, a versatile material. Liquid cytamo, a much rarer substance, also pressurizes with rock and metal to form liswar.
Cytamo nagthotinide, a compound of gaseous cytamo and nagthotinium, is a very useful source of energy. It is naturally found in surface deposits on Lectrone, but all of the deposits have already been mined for energy production.
Oxygen and gaseous cytamo react to produce algdya, catalyzed by heat. Oxygen and liquid cytamo do not react.
Cytamo is created when shadow ooze and benevene react, also producing water. When a solution of liquid cytamo and water is electrolyzed, the cytamo separates into shadow ooze and benevene.
== Trivia ==
* When liquid cytamo is mixed with the bark of the candytree, it becomes nontoxic while retaining its bitter flavor. This "candied cytamo" is a main ingredient in mulcohal.
* It is transparent to ultraviolet radiation with wavelength between 200 and 370 nm.
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