Concentration risk geographic areas, long-lived assets, percentage

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Percentage of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

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Number of major customers

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of revenue from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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The percentage of net product revenue to total net revenue from the sale of goods as of year end.

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Disclosure of the extent of enterprise reliance on its major customers. For example, includes revenues from transactions with a single external customer amounting to 10 percent or more of the entity's revenues, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the segment or segments reporting the revenues. A group of entities that the entity knows to be under common control generally will be considered a single customer for inclusion in this item. The federal government, a state government, a local government (for example, a county or municipality), or a foreign government each will generally be considered as a single customer for inclusion in this item.

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Segments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011 Armand Products Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 ArmaKleen Company [Member]	Sep. 22, 2011 Natronx LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 United States [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 United States [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 United States [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Major Customers Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Major Customers Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Major Customers Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Wal-Mart Stores Inc And Affiliates [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Wal-Mart Stores Inc And Affiliates [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Wal-Mart Stores Inc And Affiliates [Member] United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interests				50.00%	50.00%	33.30%
Intersegment sales	$ 5.2	$ 3.6	$ 3.0
Net sales, percentage							79.00%	79.00%	81.00%	7.00%
Long-lived assets, percentage							96.00%	96.00%	95.00%	3.00%
Customer name														Wal-Mart Stores, Inc and its affiliates
Number of major customers											3	3	3
Major customer, net sales percentage											33.00%	33.00%	32.00%	23.00%	23.00%	22.00%