Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Indefinite Lived (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite lived intangible assets	$ 178.2
Percentage of increase in fair value over carrying value	22.00%
Houghton Combination [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Trademarks and Tradename	$ 177.1	$ 196.9

Percentage of increase in fair value over carrying value

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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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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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Carrying amount (original costs adjusted for previously recognized amortization and impairment) as of the balance sheet date for the rights acquired through registration of a trademark to gain or protect exclusive use of a business name, symbol or other device or style for a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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