Hydrofluoric acid and Uranium

Their prices have moved together.

Hydrofluoric acid (chemical) and Uranium (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: conversion input

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Uranium oxide is converted to uranium hexafluoride for enrichment using hydrogen fluoride, so fluorine chemistry sits in the fuel chain. Conversion is a small cost and the proxy is a broad US acids index, so monthly moves show no correlation (-0.02).

• -0.02 monthly change correlation
• 0.20 12-month change correlation
• 0.77 fitted elasticity

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