pybec.analysis.volume

pybec.analysis.volume(lattice)

Calculate the volume of a 3D unit cell.

Parameters

lattice (numpy.ndarray) – 3 x 3 array with the unit cell vectors as the rows. That is numpy.array([[a1, a2, a3], [b1, b2, b3], [c1, c2, c3]])

Returns

Volume of unit cell, calculated as (a x b) * c

Return type

float