Comparative analysis of crystal growth on Earth and on a space station for CrSi$_{2}$ synthesized from Zn melt in the Cr–Si–Zn system

We have analyzed crystal growth in “terrestrial” conditions and in conditions on a space station. It is shown that CrSi$_{2}$ crystals grown from the Zn melt of the Cr–Si–Zn system in zero-gravity conditions exhibit an excess stress comparable with the excess pressure in the melt due to the support reaction on Earth, as well as the Laplace pressure.