The first three nearest neighbour distances for a body-centered cubic $(BCC)$ lattice are respectively:

  • A
    $\sqrt{2} \ a, a, \sqrt{3} \ a$
  • B
    $\frac{a}{\sqrt{2}}, a, \sqrt{3} \ a$
  • C
    $\frac{\sqrt{3} \ a}{2}, a, \sqrt{2} \ a$
  • D
    $\frac{\sqrt{3} \ a}{2}, a, \sqrt{3} \ a$

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