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The percent of indemnification of excess liability.

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The number of active hazardous waste sites for which the entity is responsible.

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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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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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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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Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) wasteSite	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2016
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Environmental loss contingency statement of financial position extensible enumeration not disclosed flag		estimated undiscounted liability	estimated undiscounted liability
Environmental Litigation
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of hzardous waste sites \| wasteSite		20
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies \| $		$ 78	$ 88
Dow Corning Corporation \| Dow Corning Chapter 11 Related Matters
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage				50.00%
Indemnification of excess liability	50.00%
Dow Corning Corporation \| Dow Corning Environmental Claims
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Indemnification of excess liability		50.00%