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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 17, 2022	Jul. 15, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Photon Control Inc [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price		$ 121		$ 121
Photon Control Inc [Member] | Completed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price		110		110
Photon Control Inc [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price		$ 9		9
Photon Control Inc [Member] | Trademarks Tradenames And Backlog
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price				$ 2
Atotech Limited [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price	$ 3,251		$ 3,251
Atotech Limited [Member] | Completed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price			813
Atotech Limited [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price	$ 2,080		2,080
Atotech Limited [Member] | Trademarks Tradenames And Backlog
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, purchase price			$ 358

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16265-109275

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