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Share-Based Compensation (Market-Based Deferred Stock Units Valuation Assumptions) (Details) (Market-Based Deferred Stock Units [Member])
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Market-Based Deferred Stock Units [Member]
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Award [Line Items]  
Expected volatility 19.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= apd_MarketBasedDeferredStockUnitsMember
Risk-free interest rate 0.90%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= apd_MarketBasedDeferredStockUnitsMember
Expected dividend yield 2.50%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= apd_MarketBasedDeferredStockUnitsMember