2.2.0.25falsefalse1008 - Disclosure - NATURE OF OPERATIONStruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) / shares USD ($) $eol_PE727-----1010-K0008_STD_365_20101231_0http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000060751duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00iso4217_USD_per_sharesDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instanceshares0iso4217_USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170YearStandardhttp://www.lubrizol.com/20101231Yearlz0pureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepure0sharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instanceshares0MonthStandardhttp://www.lubrizol.com/20101231Monthlz0USDUSD$5false0us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<div> Note 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS The Lubrizol Corporation (the company) is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies that improve the quality, value and performance of its customers’ products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, the company makes engineered polymers, including plastics technology; ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals; and performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives. The company is organized into two operating and reportable segments: Lubrizol Additives and Lubrizol Advanced Materials. Refer to Note 3 for a further description of the nature of the company’s operations, the product lines within each of the operating segments, segment operating income and related financial disclosures for the reportable segments. </div>Note 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS The Lubrizol Corporation (the company) is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologiesfalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDescribes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). Disclosures about the nature of operations need not be quantified; relative importance could be conveyed by use of terms such as "predominately", "about equally", or "major and other". This element is also referred to as "Business Description".Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 falsefalseNATURE OF OPERATIONS11NATURE OF OPERATIONSUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue