Diagram of Little Boy- Uranium Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima
(International Schools Cyber Fair 1998 Project)
| (1) Tail
Cone (2) Stabilizing Tail Fins (3) Air Pressure Detonater (4) Air Inlet Tubes (5) Altimeter/Pressure Sensors (6) Lead Shield Container (7) Detonating Head (8) Conventional Explosive Charge (9) Packing (10) Uranium (U-235) (11) Neutron Deflector (U-238) (12) Telemetry Monitoring Probes (13) Receptacle for U-235 upon detonation to facilitate supercritical mass (14) Fuses (inserted to arm bomb) |
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