Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Business Segment
	Industrial		Industrial		Industrial		Industrial				Energy-
	Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Materials		from-		Corporate		Segment
	Americas		EMEA		Asia		Global		Technologies		Waste		and other		Total
Three Months Ended 31 March 2015
Sales	$	890.4	$	448.8	$	393.0	$	67.1	$	533.3	$	-	$	81.9	$	2,414.5
Operating income (loss)		182.0		71.0		84.7		(7.9)		124.2		(2.8)		(8.8)		442.4
Depreciation and amortization		103.3		47.6		50.3		5.5		23.3		-		3.3		233.3
Equity affiliates' income (loss)		15.1		8.0		9.4		(.2)		.7		-		-		33.0
Three Months Ended 31 March 2014
Sales	$	1,032.9	$	542.7	$	365.7	$	68.4	$	499.6	$	-	$	72.6	$	2,581.9
Operating income (loss)		169.6		87.5		71.2		(14.6)		93.8		(3.5)		(19.3)		384.7
Depreciation and amortization		99.4		55.0		48.1		1.6		22.7		-		2.3		229.1
Equity affiliates' income		12.6		9.3		7.6		.3		.6		-		-		30.4
Six Months Ended 31 March 2015
Sales	$	1,893.4	$	949.6	$	791.7	$	126.1	$	1,057.3	$	-	$	157.2	$	4,975.3
Operating income (loss)		393.2		152.3		175.2		(25.8)		228.8		(5.3)		(31.5)		886.9
Depreciation and amortization		206.9		98.7		99.9		9.8		47.3		-		6.2		468.8
Equity affiliates' income		32.3		18.3		24.0		.2		1.3		-		-		76.1
Six Months Ended 31 March 2014
Sales	$	1,976.8	$	1,092.6	$	761.0	$	135.6	$	979.1	$	-	$	182.3	$	5,127.4
Operating income (loss)		354.1		172.7		153.9		(24.9)		158.1		(6.4)		(37.2)		770.3
Depreciation and amortization		203.4		109.9		94.5		3.3		47.2		-		5.0		463.3
Equity affiliates' income		30.2		19.0		17.2		1.0		1.2		-		-		68.6
Total Assets
31 March 2015	$	6,074.5	$	3,131.6	$	4,174.3	$	338.8	$	1,801.2	$	724.8	$	1,248.6	$	17,493.8
30 September 2014		6,240.7		3,521.0		4,045.6		389.4		1,835.7		591.9		1,154.8		17,779.1

Reconciliation of Segment to Consolidated Operating Income [Table Text Block]

Below is a reconciliation of segment total operating income to consolidated operating income:
	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	31 March				31 March
Operating Income		2015		2014		2015		2014
Segment total	$	442.4	$	384.7	$	886.9	$	770.3
Business restructuring and cost reduction actions		(55.4)		-		(87.8)		-
Pension settlement loss		(12.6)		-		(12.6)		-
Gain on previously held equity interest		-		-		17.9		-
Consolidated Total	$	374.4	$	384.7	$	804.4	$	770.3