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Pension and Postretirement Expense Level 4 (Details) - Non-U.S. Pension Plan Investments Measured at Fair Value (Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Other International Equity $ 68msc_OtherInternationalEquity $ 66msc_OtherInternationalEquity  
Debt Securities Fixed Income 275msc_DebtSecuritiesFixedIncome 225msc_DebtSecuritiesFixedIncome  
Pooled Insurance Products with Fixed Income Guarantee 8msc_PooledInsuranceProductsWithFixedIncomeGuarantee 8msc_PooledInsuranceProductsWithFixedIncomeGuarantee  
Fair value of plan assets at end of year 23msc_PensionBenefitsFairValueofPlanAssetsofUnderfundedPlans 13msc_PensionBenefitsFairValueofPlanAssetsofUnderfundedPlans  
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets 351us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets 299us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets 278us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]      
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Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]      
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225msc_DebtSecuritiesFixedIncome
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Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]      
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