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Ammonia and Caprolactam

Their prices have moved together.

Ammonia (chemical) and Caprolactam (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: input

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Ammonia makes the hydroxylamine that turns cyclohexanone into the oxime, and it ends up in the by-product fertiliser too. The same nitrogen fertiliser proxy applies, so the figures match those for ammonium sulphate: 0.24 monthly and 0.70 yearly.

  • 0.24 monthly change correlation
  • 0.70 12-month change correlation
  • 0.52 fitted elasticity

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