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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Imprelis) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 actions | Dec. 31, 2013
Product Claims [Line Items] |  |
Insurance program limits | $ 300 dd_InsuranceProgramLimits |
Imprelis [Member] |  |
Product Claims [Line Items] |  |
Plaintiffs' attorney fees to pay per proposed settlement |  | 7 dd_Plaintiffsattorneyfeespaidaspartofsettlement / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember
Claims filed and pending | 37 dd_Claimsfiledandpending / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember |
Loss Contingency, number of claims settled | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember |
Accrual balance | 231 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember |
Insurance receivables | 25 us-gaap_InsuranceSettlementsReceivable / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember |
Insurance recoveries for litigation | $ 35 dd_InsuranceRecoveriesforLitigation / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = dd_ImprelisMember |

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- Definition Claims for property damage that have filed in state court in various jurisdictions and are pending at period end. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Insurance program limits + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Plaintiffs' attorney fees paid as part of settlement + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of loss contingency liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14326-108349 + Details
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- Definition Number of claims settled. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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