The elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric characteristics of alpha-GeO2 cr
ystals are studied at room temperature. The measurements were performed by
the resonance method on crystals grown on alpha-quartz seeds from solutions
in the recirculating mode. In germanium dioxide crystals, the piezoelectri
c moduli have high values. The characteristic features of variations of the
electromechanical and elastic properties in crystals with the quartzlike s
tructure observed earlier are confirmed. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodic
a".