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Caustic soda and Metal-air batteries

Their prices have moved together.

Caustic soda (chemical) and Metal-air batteries (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: electrolyte process

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

The potassium hydroxide electrolyte is made in chlor-alkali plants, the same process that makes caustic soda. The alkalies proxy shows a modest link, at 0.22 for monthly moves and 0.52 for yearly moves, partly through shared US chemical inflation.

  • 0.22 monthly change correlation
  • 0.52 12-month change correlation
  • 0.45 fitted elasticity

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