# Fatty alcohols and Linear alkylbenzene

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Fatty alcohols](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/fatty_alcohols/) (chemical) and [Linear alkylbenzene](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: competing surfactant

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Detergent makers can swap some LAS for surfactants made from palm kernel and coconut oils. The palm kernel oil proxy moves with the cyclic proxy at only 0.09 monthly and 0.31 yearly, since vegetable oils follow harvests and weather.

- **0.09** monthly change correlation
- **0.31** 12-month change correlation
- **0.24** fitted elasticity

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