Additional Pre Tax Loss on Sale of Business

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- Definition

Pre-tax loss on sale of business.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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- Definition

This element represents the cash inflow during the period from the sale of a component of the entity.

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Divestitures - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business		$ 6
Impairment charge		3	$ 197
Purification Solutions [Member]
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax loss on sale				$ 10
Impairment charge			$ 197
Additional pre-tax loss on sale of business		$ 3
Purification Solutions [Member] \| One Equity Partners [Member]
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 85
Proceeds from divestiture of cash transferred	$ 7