# Excess molar quantity

Excess molar quantities are properties of mixtures which characterize the nonideal behaviour of real mixtures. They are the difference between the partial molar property of a component in a real mixture and that of the component in an ideal mixture. By definition, excess properties of a mixture are related to those of the pure substances in an ideal mixture by:

$z^E=z-\sum_i x_iz^{id}_i.$

Here $*$ denotes the pure substance, $E$ the excess molar property, and $z$ corresponds to the specific property under consideration. From the definition of partial molar properties,

$z=\sum_i x_i \bar{Z_i},$

substitution yields:

$z^E=\sum_i x_i(\bar{Z_i}-z_i^{id}).$

For volumes, internal energies and enthalpies the excess quantities are identical to the mixing quantities.

## Examples

The volume of a mixture from the sum of the excess volumes of the components of a mixture is given by the formula:

${V} = \sum_i V_i + \sum_i V_i^{E}$
$\frac{\partial V}{\partial T} = \sum_i \frac{\partial V_i}{\partial T} + \sum_i \frac{\partial V_i^{E}}{\partial T}$

Equivalently: $:\alpha_V V = \sum_i \alpha_{V,i} V_i + \sum_i \frac{\partial V_i^{E}}{\partial T}$