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Percentage Of Asbestos Liability Attributable To Pending Claims

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Percentage Of Estimated Receivable From Insurers With A- or Better Rating

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Percentage of Asbestos Asset Related to Coverage in Place Agreements

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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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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