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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