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Financial Information by Segment - Schedule of Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Taxes for Unallocated and Other (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Interest expense $ (13)us-gaap_InterestExpense $ (14)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Less: Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax 1us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies 51us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 109us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Unallocated and Other [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Interest expense (13)us-gaap_InterestExpense
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(14)us-gaap_InterestExpense
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Total certain items, pre-tax (26)cbt_AmountExcludedFromSegmentEbit
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24cbt_AmountExcludedFromSegmentEbit
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Less: Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax (1)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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(2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Unallocated corporate costs (12)cbt_UnallocatedCorporateCosts
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(13)cbt_UnallocatedCorporateCosts
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General unallocated income 6cbt_GeneralUnallocatedExpenseIncome
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies $ (46)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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$ (5)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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