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P.H. Nayak et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 48 (2019) 370-376; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.35 374 combination. By including 3, 8 and 12 wt. % of nano ZrO 2 nano particulates to the base amalgam UTS has expanded from 329.7 MPa to 435 MPa. From the fig. 4 it was discovered that yield quality of the copper-zinc base compound is 275.6 MPa and in copper-zinc-12 wt. % nano ZrO 2 composite is 356.2 MPa. It demonstrated a change of 29 % in yield quality. The expansion in UTS and YS is essentially because of solid holding between fortification particles and copper-zinc grid, plays an imperative role on the load exchanging from network to support. This is a result of grain refinement and molecule fortifying [14, 15]. The upgrades of quality are influenced by the higher load bearing and confound fortifying caused by nano ZrO 2 particles. In contrast with the base copper, the immense improvement in the quality saw in the composites is because of the nearness of the particles as obstructions that confine the movement of separations caught by ZrO 2 particulates. This will prompt increment the strength of the nano composites during tests. Fig. 5 demonstrates the elongation of as cast copper-zinc amalgam and its composites. The rate prolongation was lessened in copper-zinc-ZrO 2 composite when contrasted with the base combination. It very well may be seen from the diagram that the flexibility of the composites diminishes fundamentally with the 4, 8 and 12 wt. % nano ZrO 2 fortified composites. This diminishing in rate prolongation in correlation with the base combinations is a most regularly happening burden in particulate fortified metal lattice composites. The lessened flexibility in copper-zinc-4, 8 and 12 wt. % composites can be ascribed to the nearness of ZrO 2 particulates which may get broke and have sharp corners that make the composites inclined to confined break commencement and engendering. The embrittlement impact that happens because of the nearness of the hard-artistic particles causing expanded neighborhood stretch focus destinations may likewise be the reason [16]. Figure 4 : Showing the ultimate tensile and yield strength of as cast copper alloy and copper-zinc-4, 8 and 12 wt. % nano ZrO 2 composite. Figure 5 : Showing the percentage elongation of as cast copper alloy and copper-zinc-4, 8 and 12 wt. % nano ZrO 2 composite. F RACTOGRAPHY he study of fractured surface of alloys & its composites becomes necessary to find the cause of failure of the fabricated materials. There are two important things to be remembered during analysis of fractography, a ductile material when fails there is a formation of small dimple like structure in the broken areas whereas in case of brittle fractures there is transgranular (fracture through grains) or inter-granular (fracture through grain boundaries) failures which can be observed in SEM images taken from a failed material. The fractured surfaces of copper-zinc along with 12 wt. % of nano ZrO 2 composite resulted from tension tests, are shown in fig. 6 (a-b). Fig. 6a represents the ductility fracture in copper-zinc alloy. SEM analysis of the fractured surfaces shows the dimpled fracture surface for the reinforced & unreinforced material. T