# Bioethanol and Isopropanol

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/bioethanol-and-isopropanol/

[Bioethanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/bioethanol/) (chemical) and [Isopropanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/isopropanol/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: substitute

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Ethanol competes with isopropanol as a solvent and disinfectant. The ethanol index moves with the proxy at 0.65 monthly and 0.78 yearly, but this is partly mechanical because ethanol is itself a component of the proxy index.

- **0.65** monthly change correlation
- **0.78** 12-month change correlation
- **0.23** fitted elasticity

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