%0 Journal Article %T Influencia del cobre en la transformaci¨®n de fase de la aleaci¨®n Zn - 22 % p Al, durante la homogenizaci¨®n %A Rangel Lara %A S. %A Bernal %A J. L. %A Ita de la Torre %A A. de %J Superficies y vac¨Şo %D 2011 %I Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Superficies y Materiales %X the alloys were produced by smelting and cooled in quiet air to room temperature; the micro structure dendrite type was analyzed in a previous work [1]. samples of obtained alloys were subject to a treatment of homogenization to 375 ˇăc by 120 hours. modification of the microstructure was observed at 60, 100 and 120 hours in the zn alloys - 22 % p al and zn-22 % p al - 2 % p cu. the phases present in alloys were identified by optical microscopy. a differential thermal analysis was made to analyze the phase transformations. it is shown that the copper promotes the transformation of phase in the alloy zn - 22% p al - 2% p cu. %K microstructure %K pearlite %K homogenization. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1665-35212011000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en