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Contingencies - Asbestos (Details) | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) item | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) item | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) item | Dec. 31, 1993 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958 | $ 40,000,000 |  |  |
Approximate number of plaintiffs and claimants asbestos claims pending against the entity |  |  |  |
Pending at beginning of year (in number of litigants) | item | 2,260 | 2,620 | 2,610 |
Disposed (in number of litigants) | item | 1,460 | 1,830 | 1,700 |
Filed (in number of litigants) | item | 1,280 | 1,470 | 1,710 |
Pending at end of year (in number of litigants) | item | 2,080 | 2,260 | 2,620 |
Analysis of lawsuits pending |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount | $ 950,000,000 |  |  |
Asbestos related liabilities additional information |  |  |  |
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date | item | 396,000 |  |  |
Average indemnity payment per claim | $ 9,200 |  |  |
Payments for Asbestos-Related Liabilities | 138,000,000 | $ 148,000,000 | $ 158,000,000 |
Payments per claim disposed | 95,000 | 81,000 | 93,000 |
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued, before insurance recoveries | 4,900,000,000 |  |  | $ 975,000,000
Asbestos-related liabilities | 817,000,000 | 939,000,000 |  |
Charge for asbestos-related costs | 16,000,000 | $ 46,000,000 | $ 12,000,000 |
Estimated reasonably possible loss | $ 950,000,000 |  |  |
Period in which significant majority of claims to be received | 10 years |  |  |
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum |  |  |  |
Analysis of lawsuits pending |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage | 82.00% |  |  |
Damages of $15 million or less |  |  |  |
Analysis of lawsuits pending |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage | 11.00% |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |
Asbestos related liabilities additional information |  |  |  |
Estimated reasonably possible loss | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million |  |  |  |
Analysis of lawsuits pending |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage | 7.00% |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, minimum amount | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount | 100,000,000 |  |  |
Asbestos related liabilities additional information |  |  |  |
Estimated reasonably possible loss | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |

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- Definition Aggregate amount, before insurance recoveries, accrued to date since the entity's initial asbestos-related liability was established in 1993. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate aggregate number of plaintiffs and claimants settled, dismissed and otherwise disposed of, as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This element represents the approximate number of asbestos claims of the plaintiffs and claimants which were disposed in the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This element represents the approximate number of asbestos claims of the plaintiffs and claimants which were filed in the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate amount of plaintiffs and claimants in asbestos lawsuits and claims in which the entity is a named defendant. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of years in which significant majority number of claims will be received. + References No definition available. + Details
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