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David Rickard is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has made contributions across several scientific disciplines, particularly within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science.

Their research spans multiple subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Materials Chemistry. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

David Rickard has published research in several academic venues including:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • American Journal of Science
  • American Mineralogist
  • Corrosion Science
  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David Rickard include:

  • "Multiple sulfur isotopes discriminate organoclastic and methane-based sulfate reduction by sub-seafloor pyrite formation" (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Sedimentary Greigite Formation" (2024), published in American Journal of Science
  • "The composition of mackinawite" (2023), published in American Mineralogist
  • "Molecular mechanism of the sulfide corrosion of α-iron" (2024), published in Corrosion Science
  • "Antimony, Gold and Jupiter's Wolf" (2020), published in Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry

Their collaborative research network includes frequent co-authors such as James B. Murowchick, Anthony Oldroyd, Jiarui Liu, André Pellerin, and Jiasheng Wang.

In book publications, David Rickard has contributed to works published by Oxford University Press, including the book titled "Framboids" (2021), which has been cited in related scientific literature.

Best Publications

  • Chemistry of iron sulfides.

    David Terence Rickard;George W. Luther

  • The chemistry of the hydrogen sulfide and iron sulfide systems in natural waters

    John W. Morse;Frank J. Millero;Jeffrey C. Cornwell;David Rickard

  • Kinetics of pyrite formation by the H2S oxidation of iron (II) monosulfide in aqueous solutions between 25 and 125°C: The rate equation

    David Rickard;George W. Luther

  • Acid volatile sulfide (AVS)

    David Terence Rickard;John W. Morse

  • Kinetics and mechanism of pyrite formation at low temperatures

    DT Rickard

  • Framboidal pyrite formation via the oxidation of iron (II) monosulfide by hydrogen sulphide

    Ian B. Butler;David Rickard

  • Determination of natural Cu-isotope variation by plasma-source mass spectrometry: implications for use as geochemical tracers

    X.K. Zhu;R.K. O'Nions;Y. Guo;N.S. Belshaw

  • Kinetics of FeS precipitation: Part 1. Competing reaction mechanisms

    David Rickard

  • Removal of dissolved oxygen from water: A comparison of four common techniques.

    Ian.B. Butler;Martin A.A. Schoonen;David T. Rickard

  • The solubility of FeS

    David Rickard

  • Temperature dependence of calcite dissolution kinetics between 1 and 62°C at pH 2.7 to 8.4 in aqueous solutions

    E.Lennart Sjöberg;David T. Rickard

  • The structure of disordered mackinawite

    Mariëtte Wolthers;Sjierk J. Van der Gaast;David Rickard

  • Experimental syntheses of framboids—a review

    Hiroaki Ohfuji;David Rickard

  • The chemistry of iron sulphide formation at low temperatures

    David Rickard

  • Experimental study of the copper isotope fractionation between aqueous Cu(II) and covellite, CuS

    S. Ehrlich;I. Butler;L. Halicz;David Terence Rickard

  • Arsenic mobility in the ambient sulfidic environment: Sorption of arsenic(V) and arsenic(III) onto disordered mackinawite

    M. Wolthers;Laurent Charlet;C.H. van der Weijden;P.R. van der Linde

  • Metal sulfide cluster complexes and their biogeochemical importance in the environment

    George W. Luther;David Terence Rickard

  • Fe isotope fractionation on FeS formation in ambient aqueous solution

    Ian B. Butler;Corey Archer;Derek Vance;Anthony Oldroyd

  • The origin of framboids

    David T Rickard

  • Calcite dissolution kinetics: Surface speciation and the origin of the variable pH dependence

    E.Lennart Sjöberg;David T. Rickard

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian B. Butler
Ian B. Butler University of Edinburgh
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Rob M. Ellam
Rob M. Ellam Tianjin University
John W. Morse
John W. Morse Texas A&M University
Derek Vance
Derek Vance ETH Zurich
Chris J. Hawkesworth
Chris J. Hawkesworth University of Bristol
Dianne Edwards
Dianne Edwards Cardiff University
David A. C. Manning
David A. C. Manning Newcastle University
Ludwik Halicz
Ludwik Halicz University of Oxford

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