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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill by business segment | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by business segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, are presented in the table below:
(in Millions) | Agricultural Products |  | Specialty Chemicals |  | Industrial Chemicals |  | Total
Balance, December 31, 2011 | $ | 12.4 |  |  | $ | 197.0 |  |  | $ | 16.5 |  |  | $ | 225.9 |
Acquisitions | — |  |  | 42.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 42.9 |
Purchase price allocation adjustments (See Note 3) | (0.9 | ) |  | 0.4 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.6 | )
Foreign currency adjustments | 0.2 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.8 |
Balance, September 30, 2012 | $ | 11.7 |  |  | $ | 241.9 |  |  | $ | 16.4 |  |  | $ | 270.0 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, consist of the following:
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
(in Millions) | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets subject to amortization (finite-lived)
Customer relationships | $ | 131.0 |  |  | $ | (6.7 | ) |  | $ | 124.3 |  |  | $ | 102.0 |  |  | $ | (2.2 | ) |  | $ | 99.8 |
Patents | 0.6 |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 0.5 |
Trademarks and trade names | 1.4 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |
Purchased and licensed technologies | 57.0 |  |  | (13.3 | ) |  | 43.7 |  |  | 54.6 |  |  | (9.9 | ) |  | 44.7 |
Other intangibles | 4.6 |  |  | (1.7 | ) |  | 2.9 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 3.1 |
| $ | 194.6 |  |  | $ | (22.0 | ) |  | $ | 172.6 |  |  | $ | 161.5 |  |  | $ | (13.2 | ) |  | $ | 148.3 |
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization (indefinite life)
Trademarks and trade names | $ | 36.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 36.3 |  |  | $ | 36.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 36.3 |
In-process research & development | 2.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.7 |
| $ | 39.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 39.0 |  |  | $ | 39.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 39.0 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 233.6 |  |  | $ | (22.0 | ) |  | $ | 211.6 |  |  | $ | 200.5 |  |  | $ | (13.2 | ) |  | $ | 187.3 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets by Segment [Table Text Block] | At September 30, 2012, the finite-lived and indefinite life intangibles were allocated among our business segments as follows:
(in Millions) | Finite-lived |  | Indefinite life
Agricultural Products | $ | 107.2 |  |  | $ | 35.2 |
Specialty Chemicals | 55.9 |  |  | 3.2 |
Industrial Chemicals | 9.5 |  |  | 0.6 |
Total | $ | 172.6 |  |  | $ | 39.0 |

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