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Aggregate amount, before insurance recoveries, accrued to date since the entity's initial asbestos-related liability was established in 1993.

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Asbestos-related damage claims for which the entity is a named defendant.

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Charge against earnings for asbestos related payments.

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The approximate aggregate number of plaintiffs and claimants settled, dismissed and otherwise disposed of, as of the balance sheet date.

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The value (monetary amount) of compensatory damages assessed by the jury in a legal matter.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award assessed by the jury against the reporting entity in a legal matter.

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The approximate number of claims likely to be asserted against the entity in the future.

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Represents the number of defendants in a lawsuit.

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The approximate amount of plaintiffs and claimants in asbestos lawsuits and claims in which the entity is a named defendant.

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The value (monetary amount) of punitive damages assessed by the jury in a legal matter.

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The aggregate of deferred amounts payable over a number of years for disposed claims.

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The average indemnity payment per disposed claim.

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The approximate percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant.

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Fewer than this percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant.

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The approximate amount of previous sales of goods containing asbestos.

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Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2011 Litigants	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 segments claim Litigants	Dec. 31, 1993
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958			$ 40,000,000
Approximate plaintiffs and claimants (in number of litigants)			5,300
Approximate number of claims likely to be asserted in the future (in number of claims)			500
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date (in number of litigants)			385,000
Average indemnity payment per claim			7,900
Deferred amounts payable		26,000,000	14,000,000
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2010 before insurance recoveries		3,820,000,000		975,000,000
Total amount awarded by jury against defendants	90,000,000
Number of defendants (in number of litigants)	4
Compensatory damages assessed against defendants	10,000,000
Punitive damages assessed against the Company	40,000,000
Asbestos related charges		170,000,000
Maximum \| Damages of $15 million or less
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Asbestos damages plead by plaintiff		15,000,000
Maximum \| Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Asbestos damages plead by plaintiff		100,000,000
Maximum \| Damages of $100 million or greater but less than $122 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Asbestos damages plead by plaintiff		122,000,000
Minimum \| Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Asbestos damages plead by plaintiff		15,000,000
Minimum \| Damages of $100 million or greater but less than $122 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Asbestos damages plead by plaintiff		$ 100,000,000
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage (as a percent)		76.00%
Damages of $15 million or less
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage (as a percent)		22.00%
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage (as a percent)		2.00%
Damages of $100 million or greater but less than $122 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, fewer than percentage (as a percent)		1.00%