# Chlorine and Epoxy resins

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/chlorine-and-epoxy-resins/

[Chlorine](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/chlorine/) (chemical) and [Epoxy resins](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/epoxy/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: input

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Epichlorohydrin is made with chlorine, and the chlorine leaves as salt, so chlor-alkali costs feed into epoxy. The alkalies index moves with the thermosetting proxy at 0.23 monthly and 0.67 yearly, and 0.43 over the last five years.

- **0.23** monthly change correlation
- **0.67** 12-month change correlation
- **0.44** fitted elasticity

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