The primitive translation vectors of the body centred cubic lattice are overrightarrow bfa = a2( bfhat x + bfhat y - bfhat z ),overrightarrow bfb = a2( - bfhat x + bfhat y + bfhat z ) and overrightarrow bfc = a2( bfhat x - bfhat y + bfhat z ) . The primitive translation vectors overrightarrow bfA ,overrightarrow bfB and overrightarrow bfC of the reciprocal lattice are

overrightarrow bfA = 2 a( bfhat x + bfhat y );overrightarrow bfB = 2 a( bfhat y + bfhat z );overrightarrow bfC = 2 a( bfhat x + bfhat z )

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The primitive translation vectors of the body centred cubic lattice are $$\overrightarrow {\bf{a}} = \frac{a}{2}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat y}} - {\bf{\hat z}}} \right),\,\overrightarrow {\bf{b}} = \frac{a}{2}\left( { - {\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat y}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$ and $$\overrightarrow {\bf{c}} = \frac{a}{2}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} - {\bf{\hat y}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$ . The primitive translation vectors $$\overrightarrow {\bf{A}} ,\,\overrightarrow {\bf{B}} $$ and $$\overrightarrow {\bf{C}} $$ of the reciprocal lattice are

A) $$\overrightarrow {\bf{A}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} - {\bf{\hat y}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{B}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat y}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{C}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$ B) $$\overrightarrow {\bf{A}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} - {\bf{\hat y}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{B}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat y}} - {\bf{\hat z}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{C}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$ C) $$\overrightarrow {\bf{A}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat y}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{B}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat y}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{C}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} - {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$ D) $$\overrightarrow {\bf{A}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat y}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{B}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat y}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right);\,\overrightarrow {\bf{C}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{a}\left( {{\bf{\hat x}} + {\bf{\hat z}}} \right)$$

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