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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Aug. 31, 2022	May 31, 2022
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount					$ 100,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Stock repurchase program,number of shares repurchased		6.9	0.7
Stock repurchase program, average cost of repurchased shares		$ 13	$ 18
Eldridge [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program,number of shares repurchased		5.5
Stock repurchase program, average cost of repurchased shares		$ 12
Eldridge [Member] | New Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt issued - principal amount		$ 30,000,000		$ 30,000,000
Jack E. Golsen [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment of death benefits	$ 2,500,000
Retirement date				Dec. 31, 2017
Minimum amount of life insurance policy to be kept by the company for 2005 Agreement				$ 2,500,000
Face value of life insurance policies		$ 3,000,000.0		3,000,000.0
Gain on insurance settlement				$ 3,000,000.0
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