Company Operations By Business Unit (Net Sales For The Company's Business Units) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014 segment	Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unaffiliated customers	$ 689	$ 675
Number of operating segments	1
Research Business Unit [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unaffiliated customers	359	361
Applied Business Unit [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unaffiliated customers	171	159
SAFC Commercial Business Unit [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unaffiliated customers	$ 159	$ 155

Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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