Dr Ron Beckett

Books and other publications

• Contributions to books
• Technical reports and other articles
• Articles, submitted or in preparation

Contributions to books

1. Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., Murphy, D. and Ranville, J. (1997). Role of Colloids in Cycling Contaminants in Rivers, in Adriano, D.C., Chen, Z-S., Yang, S-S. and Iskandar, I.K. (Eds.), Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals, Science Reviews, Northwood, 193-216.
2. Beckett, R. and Hart, B.T. (Editors) (1997). Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Special Issue, Aquatic Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 120 (1-3), Elsevier, Oxford, pp 271.
3. Yong Jiang, Giddings, J.C., and Beckett, R. (1995). Direct Measurement of Protein Absorption on Latex Particles by Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation in, Horbett, T.A. and Brash, T.L. (Eds.), Proteins at Interfaces, ACS Symposium Series, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 405-419.
4. Beckett, R. and Hart, B.T. (1993). Use of Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques To Characterize Aquatic Particles, Colloids And Macromolecules, in Buffle, J. and van Leeuwen, H.P. (Eds.), Environmental Particles, Vol 2, IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division, Lewis Press, New York, 165-205.
5. Dixon, D.R., Wood, F.J., and Beckett, R. (1991). Characterization and Treatability of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents, in Proceedings 14th Federal Convention Australian Water and Wastewater Association, 416-423.
6. Beckett, R., Editor (1990). Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Natural Waters and Water Treatment, Plenum, London, pp 159.
7. Beckett, R. (1990). Surface Chemistry of Humic Substances in Aquatic Systems, in Beckett, R. (Ed.),Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Natural Waters and Water Treatment, Plenum, London, 3-20.
8. Beckett, R., Bigelow, J.C., Zhang, Jue, and Giddings, J.C. (1989). Analysis of Humic Substances Using Flow Field-Flow Fractionation, in MacCarthy, P. and Suffett, I.H., (Eds.),The Influence of Aquatic Humic Substances on Fate and Treatment of Pollutants, ACS Advances in Chemistry Series, No. 219, American Chemical Society, Washington, 65-80.
9. Beckett, R. (1986). The Composition and Surface Properties of Suspended Particulate Matter, in B.T. Hart (Ed.), The Role of Particulate Matter in the Transport and Fate of Pollutants, Water Studies Centre, Chisholm Institute of Technology, 113-142.
10. Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., Sinclair, P., Weston, B., Smalls, E.C. and Shaw, S. (1983). The Nature and Biological Availability of Particulate Phosphorus, in Proceedings of the Australian Water and Wastewater Association Federal Convention, Sydney, May 1983, Paper 34, 1-18.

Technical Reports and Other Articles

1. Beckett, R. and Sharma, R. (1997). Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation. Today's Life Science, 9, 30-33.
2. Oliver, R.L., Hart, B.T., Douglas, G.B. and Beckett, R. (1993). Phosphorus Speciation in the Murray and Darling Rivers.Chemistry in Australia, 60, 392-394.
3. Beckett, R. (1991). Particle Characterization by Field-Flow Fractionation in Raper, J.A. (Ed.), Particle Characterization and its Applications, Course Notes, School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales.
4. Beckett, R. (1991). Characterization of Macromolocules by Field-Flow Fractionation, in Raper, J.A. (Ed.), Particle Characterization and its Applications, Course Notes, School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales.
5. Beckett, R. and Dixon, D.R. (1991). The Efficiency of Treatment of Paper and Pulp Mill Effluents. Final Project Report to the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation for Australian Water Research Advisory Council Project Number 88/38, pp 52.
6. Beckett, R. (1989). Field-Flow Fractionation: A New Method for the Characterization of Polymers in Proceedings of Symposium on Emerging Analytical Techniques for Polymer Characterization, RACI Victoria Polymer Group, Melbourne, 1-4.
7. Beckett, R. and Hart, B.T. (1988). Molecular Weight Characterization of Humic Substances Using Flow Field-Flow Fractionation in Proceedings of Symposium on Science, Technology and Utilization of Humic Acids, CSIRO Division of Coal Technology, North Ryde, NSW, 42-52.
8. Hart, B.T., Day, G. and Beckett, R. (1988). Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Uptake of Toxic Organics by Suspended Particulate Matter in Natural Waters, ibid, 64-72.
9. Hart, B.T., Ottaway, E.M., Beckett, R. and Noller, B.N. (1986). Materials Transport in the Magela Creek System: 1982/83 Wet Season, Water Studies Centre, Technical Report No. 27, Melbourne, pp. 114.
10. Hart, B.T., Campbell, I.C., McKelvie, I.D. and Beckett, R. (1986). Water Quality Management for Tropical Regions, Course Notes for AIDAB Training Course, Chiang Mai, Thailand, June-July, Water Studies Centre, Melbourne, pp. 270.
11. Weston, B., Beckett, R. and Hart, B.T. (1983). The Role of Soil in the Transport of Nutrients in Fluvial Systems, Water Studies Centre Technical Report No. 25, Melbourne pp. 61.
12. Beckett, R. and Stanbrook, C. (1978). Some Studies on Foam Formation and Stability in Relation to Hair Shampoo, Beecham Products Research Report, Leatherhead, UK, series of 6 reports.
13. Beckett, R., Easton, A., Hart, B.T., Ho, T.C.C. and McKelvie, I.D. (1978). A Study of the Hydrodynamics of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Estuaries, EPA Report No. 58/78 and Water Studies Centre Technical Report No. 7, Melbourne pp. 92.

Articles, Submitted or In Preparation

1. Sharma, R.V., Ross, J., Boon, P.I. and Beckett, R. (submitted). Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation: A Technique for Determining Cellular Characteristics of Bacteria, Journal of Microbiological Methods.
2. Beckett, R., Nicholson, G. and Hart, B.T. (in preparation). The Coagulation Behaviour of Iron-Containing Colloids in Two Australian Rivers, Water Research.
3. Beckett, R. and Sharma, R.V. (in preparation). The Determination of Biomass/Biovolume Ratios for Natural Aquatic Bacteria using Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation.