The phrase "a small excess of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity that slightly exceeds a certain limit or amount.
Example: "The recipe calls for a cup of sugar, but I added a small excess of to enhance the sweetness."
Alternatives: "a slight surplus of" or "a minor overage of".
During hydrosilylation a small excess of diethoxy methyl)silane was reacted using hydrogen hexachloroplatinate (H2PtCl6·5H2O) as the catalyst.
Such a difference may indicate a change in formation energy when a small excess of PbI2 is added to the HaP precursor solution.
Photocatalytic water oxidation to O2 takes place at the solid/water phase boundary of an appropriately prepared thin AgCl layer in the presence of a small excess of Ag+.
It has been proposed that symmetry breaking at the molecular level induced by an external chiral influence may lead to a small excess of one enantiomer, which can be significantly amplified by autocatalytic reactions to display homochirality under prebiotic environments48, 49.
And the more oil that gets produced – a small excess of supply over demand - and the price can plummet.
A small excess of NaOH was still required to ensure a sufficient amount of this hygroscopic reagent was used.
"But it is dependent on export-led growth, while Southern Europe will have a smaller excess of imports.
Indeed, the doubly ligated species for the lower-affinity HMRE sequence is more easily detectable at a smaller excess of DBD.
A smaller excess of octadecylamine was also added, as alkyl amines have been shown to amplify the protective effect of QD coating and afford stable and reproducible luminescence quantum efficiencies of about 50%% at room temperature (Talapin et al. 2001).
There is a clear suggestion of a small excess risk of ASD only among males who were hypoxic at birth: unadjusted OR 1.14, 95%CI: 0.97, 1.34.
This study of 74 102 predominantly white patients, with a mean follow up of 17 months, reported a small excess risk of increases in transaminase concentrations but no increase in risk of myalgias, increased creatine kinase concentrations, or rhabdomyolysis from statin use compared with placebo.
