# Acrylic acid and Propylene

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylic-acid-and-propylene/

[Acrylic acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/acrylic_acid/) (chemical) and [Propylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/propylene/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: feedstock

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Propylene is the only carbon source, so acrylic acid is priced as a margin over it. The petrochemical proxy moves with the basic organics proxy at 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly.

- **0.29** monthly change correlation
- **0.64** 12-month change correlation
- **0.07** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.