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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Components of net annual benefit cost (income) | The following table summarizes the components of net annual benefit cost (income):
(in Millions) | Three Months Ended September 30 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30
Pensions |  | Other Benefits |  | Pensions |  | Other Benefits
2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Components of net annual benefit cost (income): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 1.4 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 6.6 |  |  | $ | 9.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.1 |
Interest cost | 12.8 |  |  | 15.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 38.2 |  |  | 45.9 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 0.7 |
Expected return on plan assets | (21.8 | ) |  | (22.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (65.6 | ) |  | (66.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |
Recognized net actuarial and other (gain) loss | 9.3 |  |  | 12.8 |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | 29.9 |  |  | 41.0 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | (0.9 | )
Recognized loss due to curtailment (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Net periodic benefit cost (2) | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 35.3 |  |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 0.5 |
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(1) | Curtailment loss is associated with the disposal of our FMC Alkali Chemicals division and was recorded to discontinued operations within the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2) | Net periodic benefit cost represents both continuing and discontinued operations.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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