radtools.BCC

radtools.BCC(a: float, return_cell=False)

Construct body-centred cubic primitive lattice.

See Body-centered cubic (BCC) for the definition of primitive and conventional cells.

Parameters:

afloat

Length of the all three lattice vectors of the conventional cell.

return_cellbool, default False

Whether to return the cell instead of the Lattice object.

Returns:

latticeLattice or (3, 3) numpy.ndarray

Body-centred cubic lattice or cell.