# Hydrofluoric acid and Uranium

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/hydrofluoric-acid-and-uranium/

[Hydrofluoric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/hydrofluoric_acid/) (chemical) and [Uranium](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/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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