# Propylene: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/links/

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

- [Polypropylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/polypropylene-and-propylene/): About two-thirds of the world's propylene is made into polypropylene, so PP margins are a spread over propylene, and the route that supplies the propylene (cracker, refinery or propane dehydrogenation) sets the cost floor. *(researched)*
- [Crude oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/crude-oil-and-propylene/): Most propylene is a by-product of cracking crude-derived naphtha and of refinery catalytic crackers, so oil sets its cost, but propane dehydrogenation is a growing route that loosens the link. *(researched)*
- [Ethylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ethylene-and-propylene/): Ethylene and propylene come out of the same steam cracker, in proportions fixed largely by the feed: ethane gives almost no propylene, naphtha gives about half as much propylene as ethylene. The move of US crackers to cheap ethane cut co-product propylene, and dedicated routes such as propane dehydrogenation grew to fill the gap. *(researched)*
- [Acrylic acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylic-acid-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Acrylonitrile](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylonitrile-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [CNG, LPG and biogas distribution](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/cng-lpg-and-biogas-distribution-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [EPDM](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/epdm-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Epoxy resins](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/epoxy-resins-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Isopropanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/isopropanol-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-gas-and-propylene/): Natural gas is a raw material for propylene.
- [Phenol and acetone](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/phenol-and-acetone-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Plastic and rubber products](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/plastic-and-rubber-products-and-propylene/): Plastic and rubber products depends on propylene.
- [Plasticisers](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/plasticisers-and-propylene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Propylene oxide](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/propylene-and-propylene-oxide/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Refining and reforming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/propylene-and-refining-and-reforming/): Their prices have moved together.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/correlation/index.md)
- [Production route](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/routes/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/production/index.md)
- [Feedstocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/feedstocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/movement/index.md)
- [Regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/regulation/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/emissions/index.md)