Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The following table presents calculations of net income per share of common stock:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc.	$	83,176	$	71,295	$	44,076
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per common share:
Basic	$	2.75	$	2.39	$	1.51
Diluted	$	2.60	$	2.36	$	1.47
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — basic	30,209		29,786		29,165
Incremental shares issuable upon assumed conversion and exercise of share-based awards	411		408		748
Incremental shares issuable due to dilutive effect of the Convertible Notes	974		—		—
Incremental shares issuable due to dilutive effect of warrants	337		—		—
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — diluted	31,931		30,194		29,913

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

Diluted earnings per share does not reflect the following potential common shares as the effect would be anti-dilutive:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013	2012	2011
Share-based awards	1	109	107
Convertible note hedge and capped call transactions (1)	948	—	—
Warrants	—	3,368	3,368