Results of experimental and theoretical studies of the nonlinear loss and t
he resonance frequency shift in rod-type resonators made of annealed and un
annealed zinc are presented. The experimental dependences are described in
terms of the phenomenological equations of state allowing for the elastic n
onlinearity. From the comparison of the theoretical dependences with the ex
perimental results, the parameters of the hysteretic nonlinearity are deter
mined. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".