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Goodwill (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows (2018 reflects the impact of the Linde AG merger on October 31, 2018 (see Notes 1 and 3) and the divestiture of Praxair's European industrial gases business on December 3, 2018 (see Notes 1 and 4)): 

(Millions of dollars)
North
America
 
South
America
 
Europe
 
Asia
 
Surface
Technologies
 
Linde AG
 
Total
Balance, December 31, 2016
$
2,165

 
$
132

 
$
629

 
$
58

 
$
133

 
$
—

 
$
3,117

Acquisitions (Note 3)
24

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
24

Purchase adjustments & other
—

 
(1
)
 
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Foreign currency translation
13

 
(2
)
 
68

 
3

 
10

 
—

 
92

Balance, December 31, 2017
$
2,202

 
$
129

 
$
698

 
$
61

 
$
143

 
$
—

 
$
3,233

Addition due to Merger (Note 3)
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
24,146

 
24,146

Acquisitions (Note 3)
5

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
5

Purchase adjustments & other
12

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
12

Foreign currency translation
(11
)
 
(23
)
 
(37
)
 
—

 
(5
)
 
174

 
98

Disposals (Note 4)
—

 
—

 
(620
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(620
)
Balance, December 31, 2018
$
2,208

 
$
106

 
$
41

 
$
61

 
$
138

 
$
24,320

 
$
26,874