# Ammonia and Nylon (PA6, PA66)

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-and-nylon-pa6-pa66/

[Ammonia](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/) (chemical) and [Nylon (PA6, PA66)](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/nylon/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Ammonia supplies the nitrogen in both nylon types, through hydroxylamine for caprolactam and nitriles for HMDA. The nitrogen fertiliser proxy moves with the resin proxy at 0.25 monthly and 0.57 yearly.

- **0.25** monthly change correlation
- **0.57** 12-month change correlation
- **0.41** fitted elasticity

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