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Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant - Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - Interest Income of LSB Industries (Details Textual) (Parent Company [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Parent Company [Member]
Interest Income of LSB Industries (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest expense incurred from subsidiaries	$ 1,200,000	$ 1,173,000	$ 1,271,000
Interest income earned from subsidiaries	$ 1,262,000	$ 956,000	$ 2,317,000

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