Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Segment Revenue from External Customers and Operating Income

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		30 June				30 June
		2014		2013		2014		2013
Sales to External Customers
	Merchant Gases	$	1,077.3	$	1,032.5	$	3,165.1	$	3,044.8
	Tonnage Gases		835.3		845.5		2,483.3		2,552.4
	Electronics and Performance Materials		617.8		565.7		1,788.6		1,663.5
	Equipment and Energy		104.2		103.6		325.0		333.2
Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,634.6	$	2,547.3	$	7,762.0	$	7,593.9
Operating Income
	Merchant Gases	$	173.5	$	164.9	$	486.1	$	504.0
	Tonnage Gases		117.5		119.9		347.3		381.2
	Electronics and Performance Materials		107.0		86.8		297.6		225.6
	Equipment and Energy		17.4		16.0		60.8		45.0
Segment Total		$	415.4	$	387.6	$	1,191.8	$	1,155.8
	Other		(1.6)		(4.5)		(7.7)		(10.6)
Consolidated Total		$	413.8	$	383.1	$	1,184.1	$	1,145.2

Schedule of Identifiable Assets Information

		30 June			30 September
			2014			2013
Identifiable Assets (A)
	Merchant Gases		$	6,756.2		$	6,729.9
	Tonnage Gases			5,591.7			5,397.0
	Electronics and Performance Materials			2,909.0			2,859.4
	Equipment and Energy			957.3			675.2
Segment total			$	16,214.2		$	15,661.5
	Other			845.7			990.6
	Discontinued operations			-			2.5
Consolidated Total			$	17,059.9		$	16,654.6
(A) Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.