# Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration and Hydrofluoric acid

Their prices have moved together.

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[Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_pumps/) (energy) and [Hydrofluoric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/hydrofluoric_acid/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: end-use demand

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Air conditioners and heat pumps use fluorinated refrigerants, so cooling demand drives the acid market. The equipment index correlates at 0.21 for monthly moves and 0.60 for yearly moves, mostly a shared US industrial cycle.

- **0.21** monthly change correlation
- **0.60** 12-month change correlation
- **0.52** fitted elasticity

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