Publications

(Follow the links to read the abstracts. Links to the journals where the papers can be downloaded are also provided.)

1.  Freshly generated stainless steel welding fume induces greater lung inflammation in rats as compared to aged fume, J. M. Antonini, R. W. Clarke, G. G. Krishna Murthy, P. Sreekanthan, N. Jenkins, T. W. Eagar, and J. D. Brain. Toxicology Letters, 98: 77-86,1997.

2.   Study of chromium in gas metal arc welding fume, T. W. Eagar, P. Sreekanthan, N. T. Jenkins, G. G. Krishna Murthy, J. M. Antonini, and J. D. Brain, in Proceedings of Trends in Welding Conference, ASM, Materials Park, OH, 1998.

3.  Effect of electrode droplet size on evaporation and fume generation in GMAW, P. Mendez, N. T. Jenkins, and T. W. Eagar, in Proceedings of AWS/EWI Gas Metal Arc Welding for the 21st Century Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2000.

4.  Submicron particle chemistry: vapor condensation analogous to liquid solidification, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar, JOM, 6, 44-47, 2003.

5.  Chemistry of Airborne Particles from Metallurgical Processing, N.T. Jenkins, Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003.

6.  Surfactant - dispersion of metal oxide fume particles, N. T. Jenkins, S. Adelman, and T. W. Eagar, Aerosol Science & Technology, 39(2):170-172, 2005.

7.  Effect of arc welding electrode temperature on vapor and fume composition, N. T. Jenkins, P. F. Mendez, and T. W. Eagar, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Trends in Welding Research, ASM, Materials Park, OH, 491-496, 2005.

8.  Chemical analysis of welding fume particles, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar, Welding Journal, 84(6):87s - 93s, 2005.

9.  Fume formation from spatter oxidation during arc welding, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 10(5):537-543, 2005.

10.  Particle size distribution of gas metal and flux cored arc welding fumes, N. T. Jenkins, W. M.-G. Pierce, and T. W. Eagar, Welding Journal, 84(10):156s-163s, 2005.

11.  Fate of manganese associated with the inhalation of welding fumes: Potential neurological effects, J. M. Antonini, A. B. Santamaria, N. T. Jenkins, E. Albini, and R. Lucchini, Neurotoxicology27(3):304-310, 2006.

12.  Droplet Temperature and Evaporation in GMAW, P. F. Mendez and N. T. Jenkins, 2006 FABTECH International & the AWS Welding Show, October 31 - November 2, 2006, Atlanta, GA USA.

in Preparation

13.  Size and elemental composition of welding fumes. Part 1: coarse and fine particles, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar.

14.  Size and elemental composition of welding fumes. Part 2: primary particles, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar.

15.  Heat transfer regimes in the electrode droplet in gas metal arc welding, P. F. Mendez, N. T. Jenkins, and T. W. Eagar, in preparation.

16.  Scanning transmission electron microscopy of submicrometer fume particle inhomogeneity, N. T. Jenkins and T. W. Eagar.