# Natural gas and Sodium silicate

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-gas-and-sodium-silicate/

[Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy) and [Sodium silicate](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/sodium_silicate/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Furnaces melt sand and soda ash at high temperatures, mostly with gas, so energy is a major cost. European gas correlates with the proxy at 0.10 for monthly moves and 0.43 for yearly moves, as contracts delay pass-through.

- **0.10** monthly change correlation
- **0.43** 12-month change correlation
- **0.13** fitted elasticity

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