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Amount classified as assets attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount of revenue attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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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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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Divestitures (Details) - 2022 Divestitures Plan			3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
Divestitures (Details) - 2022 Divestitures Plan	Dec. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) business	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 business	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Disposal Group, Held-for-Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of businesses to be divested \| business						2
Disposal Group, Held-for-Sale \| Polymers & Fluids
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of businesses to be divested \| business						1
Disposal Group, Held-for-Sale \| Food Equipment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of businesses to be divested \| business						1
Disposal Group, Held-for-Sale \| Specialty Products
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of businesses to be divested \| business				1
Assets held for sale				$ 8,000,000
Liabilities held for sale				$ 1,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale \| Polymers & Fluids
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business		$ 220,000,000
Gain on sale of business		$ 156,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale \| Food Equipment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 59,000,000
Gain on sale of business	$ 41,000,000
Operating revenue					$ 37,000,000			$ 100,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale \| Specialty Products
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Operating revenue			$ 0		$ 10,000,000		$ 9,000,000	$ 29,000,000