# Argon and Electronic specialty gases

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/argon-and-electronic-specialty-gases/

[Argon](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/argon/) (chemical) and [Electronic specialty gases](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/electronic_gases/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fab gas sibling

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Argon, separated from air alongside nitrogen and oxygen, is used heavily in chip fabs for sputtering and as a shield gas. Despite shared customers, the argon and hydrogen index correlates at just 0.12 monthly and -0.23 yearly, as hydrogen pricing follows gas costs.

- **0.12** monthly change correlation
- **-0.23** 12-month change correlation
- **-0.69** fitted elasticity

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