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Caustic soda and Hydrogen peroxide

Their prices have moved together.

Caustic soda (chemical) and Hydrogen peroxide (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: bleaching co-input

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Pulp mills bleach with hydrogen peroxide in alkaline conditions set by caustic soda, so the two are bought together. The two US indices correlate at 0.30 for monthly moves and 0.70 for yearly moves, a shared inorganic chemicals cycle.

  • 0.30 monthly change correlation
  • 0.70 12-month change correlation
  • 0.73 fitted elasticity

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