Loss Contingency, Required Payments Per Reorganization Plan

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Period of undiscounted projection of claims and related legal fees represented by the estimated liability.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Fair value portion of investments accounted under the equity method.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in loss contingency liability.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 12, 2013
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (PCC) [Member] \| PPG Industries, Inc. [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (PCC) [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%
Pittsburgh Corning Europe (PCE) [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 241	$ 250
Amended Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Plan [Member] \| Asbestos Litigation [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Required Payments Per Reorganization Plan			290
Amended PCC Plan and Non-PCC Asbestos Claims [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss	681	690
Non-PCC Asbestos Litigation [Member]
Note 11 - Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Accrual, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 150
Undiscounted Projection of Claims and Related Legal Fees, Period	20 years