The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on the superplastic behavior of the Zn-21Al-2Cu alloy (Zinalco alloy) were investigated by uniaxial tensile tests. Results were compared with those of the Zn22Al eutectoid alloy without Cu. It was observed that additions of 2 % Cu leads to a decrease of the maximum strain attainable from 2600 % to 1000 %. The maximum strain in Zinalco alloy is obtained at lower strain rates. The presence of Cu increases the values of flow stress up to 600 % compared with those reported in the Zn-22Al alloy. Grain size sensitivity (p), true activation energy (Q t ), and constant A of the constitutive equation were not affected by presence of Cu unlike the stress exponent (n) which increased from 2.5 to 3.9. The main effect of Cu was to decrease the plastic flow stability of the Zn-22Al alloy.The results indicate that presence of Cu in the Zinalco alloy causes a hardening effect at low strain rates leading to a decrease in the strain rate sensitivity which promotes the formation and growth of sharp necks. Microstructural characterization suggests that the large deformations at necking could possibly be due to the substantial elongation capability of the Zn-rich phase (g).
<p class="Textbody">En este trabajo se reúnen una serie de actividades experimentales que se han generado, usando al Zinc y a las aleaciones Zn-Al como recurso didáctico para la enseñanza de materias del ámbito de los Materiales, de la Manufactura y de la Ingeniería de Superficies. Se proponen, asimismo, experiencias que se pueden incluir en el futuro y se presenta un análisis de las ventajas y limitaciones de la utilización del zinc y las aleaciones Zn-Al, todo esto como una alternativa atractiva para mejorar los resultados del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje en estas asignaturas. Entre las ventajas de estos recursos conviene señalar que el procesamiento ocurre a temperaturas mucho menores de las convencionalmente empleadas con aceros y que se puede tener una gama de opciones adicionales para la enseñanza de novedosos procesos.</p>
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