# Sulphuric acid and Titanium dioxide

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/sulphuric-acid-and-titanium-dioxide/

[Sulphuric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/sulphuric_acid/) (chemical) and [Titanium dioxide](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/titanium_dioxide/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: process input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

The sulphate process dissolves ilmenite in sulphuric acid, a large cost for Chinese plants, which mostly use this route. Monthly moves correlate at 0.13 and yearly moves at 0.40, as acid costs pass into pigment prices slowly.

- **0.13** monthly change correlation
- **0.40** 12-month change correlation
- **0.43** fitted elasticity

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