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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 23, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2021 USD ($) Site	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price				$ 9,693,000	$ 184,473,000
Payment of working capital			$ 21,560,000
Payment of value added tax			3,000,000
Cash acquired on working capital			$ 5,900,000
Paid from cash on hand, assets acquired					3,503,000
Goodwill				95,922,000	97,187,000	$ 97,442,000
Polymer Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				71,747,000	74,482,000	73,166,000
Surfactants Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				$ 23,692,000	$ 22,222,000	$ 24,276,000
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset purchase agreement date	Sep. 23, 2022
Purchase price	$ 9,693,000
Goodwill	1,792,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory	1,312,000
Payment of estimated working capital	579,000
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets	10,000
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
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	9 years
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	11 years
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
PerformanX Specialty Chemicals LLC [Member] \| Surfactants Segment [Member] \| 2022 Acquisitions [Member] \| Product Know-how [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	9 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization periods of identifiable intangibles assets	10 years
INVISTA Aromatic Polyester Polyol Business Acquisition [Member] \| Polymer Segment [Member] \| 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset purchase agreement date			Jan. 29, 2021
Number of manufacturing site \| Site			2
Purchase price			$ 165,000,000
Goodwill			$ 64,800,000
Fermentation Plant Acquisition \| 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Paid from cash on hand, assets acquired		$ 3,500,000