Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 State LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Operating Leases, 2012	$ 33	$ 33
Operating Leases, 2013	24	24
Operating Leases, 2014	17	17
Operating Leases, 2015	10	10
Operating Leases, 2016	8	8
Operating Leases for subsequent years	8	8
Capital Lease, 2012		Less than $1 million
Capital Lease, 2013		Less than $1 million
Capital Lease, 2014		Less than $1 million
Capital Lease, 2015		Less than $1 million
Capital Lease, 2016		Less than $1 million
Total rental expense		52	45	43
Environmental remediation accrual, discounted basis	17	17
Portion of environmental remediation costs recorded in other current liabilities	5	5
Portion of environmental remediation costs recorded in deferred credits and other liabilities	12	12
Weighted average discount rate	1.90%	1.90%
Environmental remediation accrual, undiscounted basis	20	20
Number of states for which we are subject to an audit with respect to payment of unclaimed property		11
Number of years subject to audit with respect to payment of unclaimed property		30 years
Number of complaints filed alleging exposure to asbestos from our product categories		20,000
Current docket of active and inactive cases nationwide relating to alleged exposure to asbestos from our product categories		less than 500 cases
Number of defendants in many asbestos related cases		exceeding 100 defendants
Number of Federal Superfund Sites		1
Estimate of authorized expenditures required to complete facilities and projects		80
Premium freight and overtime costs incurred	$ 2