Key term for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry, used in Quantitative Analysis.
When a reactant is present in a greater quantity than is mathematically necessary to react with all of the limiting reactant.
Excess appears in Edexcel GCSE Chemistry revision content for Transition Metals, Quantitative Analysis and Equilibria, especially Quantitative Analysis and Suggested Practicals.
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