Other Financial Information (Other Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$ 496	$ 0
Pension assets	230	164
Asbestos-related insurance receivables	105	115
Deferred income taxes	$ 83	$ 97

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred income.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of known and reasonably estimable amounts of recoveries from third-parties pertaining to an entity's environmental remediation obligations. An entity's balance sheet may include several assets that relate to an environmental remediation obligation. Among them are the following: a. Receivables from other potentially responsible parties that are not providing initial funding; b. anticipated recoveries from insurers; and c. anticipated recoveries from prior owners as a result of indemnification agreements.

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