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Sodium silicate and Surfactants

Their prices have moved together.

Sodium silicate (chemical) and Surfactants (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared use

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Sodium silicate is used with surfactants in detergents, so detergent demand drives both. The surfactants index correlates at 0.14 for monthly moves and 0.68 for yearly moves, a shared US chemicals cycle.

  • 0.14 monthly change correlation
  • 0.68 12-month change correlation
  • 0.86 fitted elasticity

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