Minusculated hydranics

e and o minuscules interact readily with hydranic compounds to form minusculated hydranics, hydranics that substitute helium or holmium for hydrogen. Minusculated hydranics interact in many useful ways, including by exchanging their minuscules with other hydranic compounds, most notably in the CHxV-CxC cycle, conducting electricity/olectricity, and minuscule-specific interactions such as e dimerization and clicking.

Hydranics containing e (and thus helium) are referred to as helids (or in chemical names "helide"), and those containing o (and thus holmium) are referred to as holons (or in nomenclature "holone").

When electric or olectric current is applied, or at all but low temperatures, minuscules typically move freely within hydranic compounds. Because of this, most placements of minuscules within a hydranic compound will spontaneously isomerize into different, lower-energy forms. The different energy levels of these forms are difficult to calculate; however, there are heuristic methods that can usually produce the corrrect possible isomer(s) for a given hydranic and a given set of minuscules:

Minuscules in hydranic compounds typically, but not always, obey Bonnitt's Rules, ordered from least to most strict:


 * e and o minuscules weakly attract each other.
 * Minuscules avoid most incompatible rounded atoms (such as C) and are indifferent to incompatible linear atoms (such as V, Y, I) and phosphorus.
 * o minuscules avoid each other when not separated by an H chain but seek to be nearby when separated by one, and parallel or near-parallel e minuscules avoid each other (or are indifferent in other orientations).
 * Minuscules cannot easily cross from the inside to the outside of a cycle. Minuscules within small cycles, such as a quenzene ring, are delocalized.
 * Minuscules avoid placement on opposite sides of the same H if at all possible.
 * If e minuscules can be positioned to produce a cross-link, they will be.