Minute amount of rare earth Ce was added into Sn-1.0Zn-0.7Cu lead-free solder alloy aiming at examining the effect of properties and microstructure of Sn-1.0Zn-0.7Cu solder for forming a perfect sold-ered joint between Cu and Al .The results show that Ce can further improve wettability to Al-base and re-liability ,and when the content of Ce reached 0.10, ,it was the optimum composition .