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	Dec. 31, 2013 employees		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Electronic And Functional Materials [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Electronic And Functional Materials [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member] Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, Other Assets and Equity Method Investments [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Performance Materials [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Performance Materials [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Performance Materials [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Performance Materials [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 1Q12 Restructuring [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 1Q12 Restructuring [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 1Q12 Restructuring [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 1Q12 Restructuring [Member] Exit Or Disposal Activities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 1Q12 Restructuring [Member] Exit Or Disposal Activities 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Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Expected Number of Positions Eliminated																													900																																												2,850
Restructuring Reserve, Settled with Cash																								$ (43)	$ (127)		$ (15)	$ (45)		$ (28)	$ (82)	$ (110)		$ 0	$ 0																																$ (8)	$ 233		$ 0	$ (5)		$ (8)	$ 228	$ (236)	$ 0	$ 0
Restructuring Reserve																								19	87		16	56		3	31	3		0	0																																397	158		30	19		367	139		0	0
Entity Number of Employees	53,000																													42		42																																										759
Restructuring charges	(22)	[1]	1,343	[1]	0	0	[1]	65	[1]		(1)	[1]	53	[1]				(15)	[1]	378	[1]		357													17					41											186								113							990		984										48				16				192				701				337
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment																								(16)	(4)		(16)	0		0	0			0	(4)					(4)		(1)	0		(1)	0		0	(4)		0		(15)		(15)		0	0										6			6			0			0
Exit or disposal activities																										150											0							4										146							0									39		33								5				0				14				13				134
ContractCancellationFees																										149																		3										146																25										5								13
Other Restructuring Costs																																												1																										5																		1				4
Severance Costs																													113									0									0									0						113											375		375						0				0				0				375				113
Other Asset Impairment Charges										61					9	36	27					15	94										94						17											37									40				0	15	42	25	246									576		576				43				16				178				313				90
Charges against reserve																							(90)			0			0				(90)																																		(585)			(9)			0			(576)
Restructuring Reserve, Settled without Cash																								(8)	(47)		(8)	(47)		0	0			0	0
Restructuring Reserve, Translation Adjustment																								$ (1)	$ (2)		$ (1)	$ (2)		$ 0	$ 0			$ 0	$ 0

[1] See Note 3 for information regarding restructuring charges.