# Fatty alcohols and Hydrogen

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/fatty-alcohols-and-hydrogen/

[Fatty alcohols](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/fatty_alcohols/) (chemical) and [Hydrogen](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/hydrogen/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: process input

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Hydrogenating methyl esters to alcohols needs large volumes of hydrogen, usually made on site from natural gas. It is a real but small cost, and the US index for hydrogen and argon shows almost no link, with monthly moves correlating at -0.05.

- **-0.05** monthly change correlation
- **0.05** 12-month change correlation
- **0.67** fitted elasticity

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