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Quarterly Data (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information | Selected quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, 2011
| First Quarter |  | Second Quarter |  |  | Third Quarter |  | Fourth Quarter |  | Total
Sales | $ | 162,941 |  |  | $ | 200,698 |  |  |  | $ | 211,311 |  |  | $ | 219,635 |  |  | $ | 794,585 |
Gross profit | 52,486 |  |  | 62,330 |  |  |  | 66,631 |  |  | 63,999 |  |  | 245,446 |
Operating income | 14,307 |  |  | 21,489 |  |  |  | 29,043 |  |  | 25,155 |  |  | 89,994 |
Net income | 7,403 |  |  | 11,020 |  |  |  | 17,505 |  |  | 8,316 |  |  | 44,244 |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. | 7,530 |  |  | 10,591 |  |  |  | 17,540 |  |  | 8,415 |  |  | 44,076 |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per share—basic | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | 0.36 |  |  |  | $ | 0.60 |  |  | $ | 0.29 |  |  |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per share—diluted | $ | 0.25 |  |  | $ | 0.35 |  |  |  | $ | 0.59 |  |  | $ | 0.28 |  |  |
| Year Ended December 31, 2010
| First Quarter |  | Second Quarter |  |  | Third Quarter |  | Fourth Quarter |  | Total
Sales | $ | 118,268 |  |  | $ | 139,144 |  |  |  | $ | 139,205 |  |  | $ | 158,838 |  |  | $ | 555,455 |
Gross profit | 34,276 |  |  | 37,575 |  |  |  | 42,801 |  |  | 50,647 |  |  | 165,299 |
Operating income | 7,603 |  |  | 8,563 |  |  |  | 13,239 |  |  | 18,099 |  |  | 47,504 |
Net income | 1,419 |  |  | 2,458 |  |  |  | 6,665 |  |  | 9,963 |  |  | 20,505 |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. | 1,384 |  |  | 2,399 |  | (1) |  | 6,575 |  |  | 9,802 |  |  | 20,160 |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per share—basic | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.08 |  |  |  | $ | 0.23 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  |
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per share—diluted | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.08 |  |  |  | $ | 0.23 |  |  | $ | 0.33 |  |  |
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(1) | Includes $1,124 gain from acquisition of business.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6952194&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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