Carbon black: Relationships

Every element and industry that Carbon black is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Crude oil: Carbon black is made by partly burning heavy aromatic oil from crude refining, and tyre makers buy much of it on crude-linked formulas, so oil prices pass through to it with a lag of about a quarter. (researched)
• Coking coal: Coking coal is a raw material for carbon black; their prices have moved together.
• Combustion road vehicles: Their prices have moved together.
• Education and research: Education and research depends on carbon black.
• Media and entertainment: Media and entertainment depends on carbon black.
• Natural rubber: Their prices have moved together.
• Plastic and rubber products: Plastic and rubber products depends on carbon black.
• Refining and reforming: Their prices have moved together.
• Sodium silicate: Their prices have moved together.
• Styrene-butadiene rubber: Their prices have moved together.
• Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft depends on carbon black.