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Payment of value added tax			3,000,000
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Polymer Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill						71,747,000	74,482,000	5,419,000
Surfactants Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill						$ 23,692,000	$ 22,222,000	$ 22,070,000
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Goodwill	1,792,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory	1,312,000
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Identifiable intangible assets	$ 10,000
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	5 years
Intangible assets identified related to acquisition	$ 10,000
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets	3,250,000
Intangible assets identified related to acquisition	$ 3,250,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	9 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Product Know-how [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets	$ 2,750,000,000
Intangible assets identified related to acquisition	$ 2,750,000,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Purchase price			$ 165,000,000
Goodwill			$ 64,800,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment of value added tax				$ 308,000
Purchase price				14,000,000
Goodwill				5,165,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets				300,000
Intangible assets identified related to acquisition				300,000
Clariant (Mexico) [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2020 Acquisitions [Member] \| Trademarks and Know-how [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets				1,300,000
Intangible assets identified related to acquisition				$ 1,300,000
Logos Technologies Asset Acquisition [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2020 Acquisitions [Member]
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Paid from cash on hand, assets acquired					$ 2,040,000
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