Divestitures and Other Transactions - Performance Coatings, GLS/Vinyls, Performance Chemicals (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				15 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jan. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016	Dec. 11, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015	Jun. 23, 2015	May. 12, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Chemours shares distributed to DD stockholders													1
Common stock, par value			$ 0.30			$ 0.30	$ 0.30				$ 0.30		$ 0.30
Shares of DD stock converted													5
Separation related transaction costs						$ 306	$ 175
Restructuring charges			$ 297	$ 244
Dividend received from Chemours	$ 3,923
Cash distribution received from Chemours	3,416
Net assets transferred at spin-off												$ 431
Chemours [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, par value													$ 0.01
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Separation related transaction costs						260	142
Performance Coatings [Member] | Discontinued Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business, after-tax		$ 4,200
Pre-tax gain on sale of discontinued operation								$ 2,687
After tax gain on sale of discontinued operation								$ 1,962
GLS/Vinyls [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain on sale of business, continuing operations				$ 391			391
After-tax gain on sale of business, continuing operations							273
Accounts and Notes Receivable, Net [Member]
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Indemnification assets						99
Other Assets [Member]
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Indemnification assets						394
Other Current Liabilities [Member]
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Indemnified liabilities						99
Other liabilities [Member]
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Indemnified liabilities						394
Other Long-Term Employee Benefit Plans [Member]
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Curtailment gain						274
Pension Plan [Member]
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Curtailment gain						7
Corporate Expenses [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member]
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Separation related transaction costs						26	$ 33
Corporate Expenses [Member] | Loss on extinguishment of debt [Member]
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Separation related transaction costs						20
Chemours Restructuring Program [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring charges						$ 59
Chemours Notes Received [Member] | SeniorNotes7PercenteDue2025 [Member]
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Senior notes														$ 507
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage														7.00%
Chemours' Debt [Member]
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Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 4,000
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Chemours [Member]
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Prepayment to Chemours for goods and services										$ 190
Minimum [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member]
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Period of goods and services related to prepayment to Chemours					12 months
Maximum [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member]
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Period of goods and services related to prepayment to Chemours									15 months