Income Taxes - Components of Net Deferred Tax Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Intangible assets	$ (788)	$ (844)
Net operating losses	123	214
Fixed assets, net	173	190
Research and development credits	158	162
Capitalized research and development costs	216	155
Pension and other postretirement benefits	(62)	(94)
Other, net	113	77
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$ (67)	$ (140)

Deferred tax assets deferred expense, capitalized research and development costs.

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Deferred tax assets liabilities property plant and equipment, net.

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Deferred tax liabilities pension and other postretirement benefits.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-6

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Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible research tax credit carryforwards.

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Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-2

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill.

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