Amount Of Expected Debt Funding, Percent

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Maximum borrowing capacity under project financing without consideration of the amounts currently outstanding under the financing.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized in earnings on derivative instruments for which cash flow hedging is discontinued, net of income taxes, that is attributable to the parent.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized in earnings on derivative instruments for which cash flow hedging is discontinued, before tax

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Value of engineering, procurement, and construction ("EPC") agreement

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Variable Interest Entities - NGHC Joint Venture (Details) - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary - NEOM Green Hydrogen Company - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Value of engineering, procurement, and construction agreement	$ 6,700.0
Voting interest in joint venture			33.30%
De-designated interest rate swap
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unrealized gain (loss) on de-designated cash flow hedging instruments, before tax		$ 11.2
Unrealized gain (loss) on de-designated cash flow hedging instruments attributable to Air Products, after tax		3.0
Nonrecourse
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Long-term debt, principal amount		2,910.5	$ 2,910.5	$ 1,364.8
NEOM Green Hydrogen Project Financing, Primary \| Nonrecourse
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Project financing maximum borrowing capacity		$ 6,100.0	$ 6,100.0
Amount of expected debt funding (percent)		73.00%	73.00%
NEOM Green Hydrogen Project Financing, Working Capital \| Nonrecourse
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Project financing maximum borrowing capacity		$ 500.0	$ 500.0
Saudi Riyal Loan Facility Two Point Zero Percent due 2040 \| Nonrecourse
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 655.0	$ 655.0
Interest rate, fixed percentage		2.00%	2.00%