# Ammonia and Caprolactam

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-caprolactam/

[Ammonia](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/) (chemical) and [Caprolactam](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/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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