# Soda ash: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/links/

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

- [Sodium-ion batteries](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/soda-ash-and-sodium-ion-batteries/): Sodium-ion batteries take their sodium mainly from sodium carbonate, the chemical sold as soda ash, which is cheap and plentiful, so they appeal as a lithium hedge. Their demand is tiny beside a 71 Mt soda ash market (2025), so the link matters for battery costs, not for soda ash prices. *(researched)*
- [Sodium silicate](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/soda-ash-and-sodium-silicate/): Soda ash is a raw material for sodium silicate; their prices have moved together.
- [Building materials](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/building-materials-and-soda-ash/): Building materials depends on soda ash.
- [Grapes & wine](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/grapes-and-wine-and-soda-ash/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Household and personal care](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/household-and-personal-care-and-soda-ash/): Household and personal care depends on soda ash.
- [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-gas-and-soda-ash/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Salt](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/salt-and-soda-ash/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Textiles and leather](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/soda-ash-and-textiles-and-leather/): Textiles and leather depends on soda ash.
- [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/soda-ash-and-thermal-coal/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/soda-ash-and-vehicles-ships-rail-aircraft/): Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft depends on soda ash.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/production/index.md)
- [Stocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/stocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/soda_ash/emissions/index.md)