DIVESTITURES DIVESTITURES (Divestitures Required as a Condition to the Acquisition of Rohm and Haas) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010		Dec. 31, 2009		Jun. 30, 2009 Divestiture of portion of Acrylic Monomer Business, portion of Specialty latex business and the Hollow Sphere Particle business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Mar. 31, 2010 Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Hollow Sphere Particle Business Divesture as Condition to The Acquisition of Rohm and Haas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Dec. 31, 2009 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Jun. 30, 2010 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member] Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Corporate [Member]		Dec. 31, 2009 Corporate [Member]		Jun. 30, 2010 Corporate [Member] Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges						$ 205	$ 5	$ 8
Severance costs				169			1
Restructuring charges	0	26	[1]	689	[1]					20	[1]	262	[1]	13	(2)	[1]	251	[1]	1
Exit or disposal activities				$ 66					$ 7

[1] See Note C for information regarding restructuring charges.