# Silver and Tin

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/silver-and-tin/

[Silver](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/silver/) (commodity) and [Tin](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/tin/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: solder partner

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Lead-free solder is mostly tin with small amounts of silver and copper, so electronics demand pulls on both, and both attract investment flows. Monthly changes correlate at 0.52 and yearly at 0.58, rising to 0.63 in the last five years.

- **0.52** monthly change correlation
- **0.58** 12-month change correlation
- **0.76** fitted elasticity

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