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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 1) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Claim
Claimant
Dec. 31, 2013
Claimant
Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation
     
Loss contingencies      
Accrued loss contingency reserve $ 153,000,000 $ 153,000,000 $ 152,000,000
Insurance receivables 47,000,000 47,000,000 58,000,000
Total number of named claimants   2,225 2,200
Number of total claims settled and taken to trial   9  
Number of total claims tried to verdict   8  
Number of total claims settled and tried to verdict   7  
Number of total claims dismissed   1  
Increase in insurance liabilities 14,000,000 21,000,000  
Payments for fees and settlements related to litigation 9,000,000 19,000,000  
Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation - State of West Virginia
     
Loss contingencies      
Number of additional defendants   2  
Respirator Mask/Asbestos litigation - Excluding Aearo Technologies
     
Loss contingencies      
Accrued loss contingency reserve 129,000,000 129,000,000  
Insurance Disclaimer Action
     
Loss contingencies      
Proceeds received in connection with respirator mask/asbestos receivable 6,000,000 11,000,000  
Number of insurers who filed a declaratory judgment action against the company   2  
Number of the entity's insurers named in the action, low end of range   60  
Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation - Aearo Technologies
     
Loss contingencies      
Accrued loss contingency reserve 24,000,000 24,000,000  
Quarterly fee paid to Cabot to retain responsibility and liability for products manufactured before July 11, 1995   100,000  
Environmental Matters - Remediation
     
Loss contingencies      
Accrued loss contingency reserve 26,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000
Insurance receivables 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000
Number of years remediation payments expected to be paid for applicable sites   20 years  
Environmental Matters - Other
     
Loss contingencies      
Accrued loss contingency reserve 45,000,000 45,000,000 48,000,000
Insurance receivables 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000
Environmental Matters - Regulatory Activities
     
Loss contingencies      
Number of PFCs the EPA has proposed to have public water suppliers monitor   6  
Amount of PFOA in drinking water allowed per provisional health advisories in grams per liter   0.0000004  
Amount of PFOS in drinking water allowed per provisional health advisories in grams per liter   0.0000002  
Number of years after phase-out decision in May 2000 that the Company stopped manufacturing and using vast majority of perfluorooctanyl compounds   2 years  
Environmental Matters - Regulatory Activities | Alabama
     
Loss contingencies      
Wastewater treatment plant sludge containing PFCs surrounding Decatur facility pursuant to a permit   20 years  
Environmental Matters - Litigation | Morgan County, Alabama
     
Loss contingencies      
Total number of named claimants   3  
Environmental Matters - Litigation | New Jersey
     
Loss contingencies      
Lower end of range of number of companies served with a complaint   250  
Number of additional defendants   5  
Total cost of cleanup proposed by the EPA, of which the Company believes its applicable share, if any, is likely to be a fraction of one percent   $ 1,000,000,000  
Total cost of cleanup proposed by EPA of which company believes its applicable share to be fraction of this maximum percentage (as a percent)   1.00%  
Number of commercial drum conditioning facilities used   2  
Environmental Matters - Litigation | Metropolitan Council, Minnesota
     
Loss contingencies      
Number of wastewater treatment plants from which PFC-containing sludge and biosolids may allegedly be discharged by Metropolitan Council, low end of range   1  
Environmental Matters - Other Environmental Litigation
     
Loss contingencies      
Number of years remediation payments expected to be paid for applicable sites   4 years  
Number of former disposal sites with PFC present in soil and groundwater in Washington County, Minnesota   2