I have questions regarding data analysis for an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) experiment from a paper by Wang et al. [1].
The generic formula for the chemical compound is $\ce{Na_{2−x}Fe[Fe(CN)6]}$.
In the paper, it was mentioned that chemical formula and ICP data are
\begin{array}{lrr} \text{Formula} & \ce{Na} / \mathrm{ppm} & \ce{Fe} / \mathrm{ppm} \\\hline \ce{Na_{1.53}Fe[Fe(CN)6].{4.2}H2O} & 112300 & 357200 \\ \ce{Na_{1.67}Fe[Fe(CN)6].{3.9}H2O} & 116100 & 339400 \\ \ce{Na_{1.73}Fe[Fe(CN)6].{3.8}H2O} & 118400 & 332400 \\ \ce{Na_{1.68}Fe[Fe(CN)6].{3.9}H2O} & 112000 & 332700 \\ \end{array}
My question is how they determined the $\ce{Na}$ number ($1.53$, $1.67$, and so on) on each cases based from the $\mathrm{ppm}$? I tried to make a $\mathrm{ppm}$ ratio of $1:2$ for $\ce{Na}$ and $\ce{Fe}$ however the number does not match with the paper.
Reference
- Wang, W.; Gang, Y.; Hu, Z.; Yan, Z.; Li, W.; Li, Y.; Gu, Q.-F.; Wang, Z.; Chou, S.-L.; Liu, H.-K.; Dou, S.-X. Reversible Structural Evolution of Sodium-Rich Rhombohedral Prussian Blue for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Nature Communications 2020, 11 (1), 980. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14444-4