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Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of the Carrying Values and Fair Values of Financial Instruments) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Carrying Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, including current portion carrying value $ 4,669.2us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
$ 4,889.8us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Fair Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, including current portion fair value 4,941.9us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
5,130.7us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Interest rate management contract [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Derivative assets 173.4us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
78.3us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Derivative liabilities 0.1us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
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= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
19.1us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Interest rate management contract [Member] | Fair Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Derivative assets 173.4us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
78.3us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Derivative liabilities 0.1us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
19.1us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Forward Exchange Contracts [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Derivative assets 235.3us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
93.4us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Derivative liabilities 232.7us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
66.8us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Forward Exchange Contracts [Member] | Fair Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Derivative assets 235.3us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
93.4us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
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Derivative liabilities $ 232.7us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
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/ apd_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingAxis
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$ 66.8us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
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= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
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