Department of Metallurgy and Materials;
Instituto Politecnico Nacional(IPN-ESIQIE);
Mexico City 07300;
Mexico;
Department of Industrial Engineering;
Universidad Politecnica del Valle de Mexico;
Mexico City;
Mexico;
Department of Materials;
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana(UAM);
Unidad Azcapotzalco;
Mexico;
zinc-aluminum-copper alloys; casting; hardness; homogenization; phases; microstructure;