Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information (Parenthetical) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares
Natronx Technologies L L C
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.06
Impairment charge on investment \| $	$ 17.0
Foreign Pension Plan \| Consumer International
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Pension charges per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.03
Settlement loss \| $	$ 8.9

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Amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an irrevocable action that relieves the employer (or the plan) of primary responsibility for a benefit obligation and eliminates significant risks related to the obligation and the assets used to effect the settlement. Examples of transactions that constitute a settlement include, but are not limited to, lump-sum cash payments to plan participants in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contracts to cover vested benefits.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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This item represents an other than temporary decline in value that has been recognized against an investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the investment represents the amount of the write down which is or was reflected in earnings. The written down value is a new cost basis with the adjusted value of the investment becoming its new carrying value subject to the equity accounting method. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity which would justify the carrying amount of the investment.

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