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Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Compensation Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assumptions Used in Calculating the Fair Value of Stock Options |
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013
Dividend yield | 2.5 | % | 2.9 | % | 3.6 | %
Volatility | 22.52 | % | 31.33 | % | 34.86 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 1.4 | % | 1.7 | % | 1.0 | %
Expected life (years) | 5.3 |  | 5.3 |  | 5.3 |
Schedule of Stock Option Awards |
| Number of Shares (in thousands) | Weighted Average Exercise Price (per share) | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding, December 31, 2014 | 18,895 |  | $ | 48.34 |  |  |  |
Granted | 5,812 |  | 73.21 |  |  |  |
Exercised | (4,736 | ) | 41.38 |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (440 | ) | 62.33 |  |  |  |
Cancelled | (2,070 | ) | 58.17 |  |  |  |
Conversion for Spin-off of Chemours | 699 |  | 53.59 |  |  |
Outstanding, December 31, 2015 | 18,160 |  | $ | 54.89 |  | 4.27 | $ | 232,453 |
Exercisable, December 31, 2015 | 8,632 |  | $ | 45.82 |  | 2.93 | $ | 179,408 |
Schedule of Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units |
| Number of Shares (in thousands) | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per share)
Nonvested, December 31, 2014 | 3,757 |  | $ | 57.60 |
Granted | 1,641 |  | 71.66 |
Vested | (1,289 | ) | 49.26 |
Forfeited | (300 | ) | 70.45 |
Conversion for Spin-off of Chemours | 127 |  | 61.63 |
Nonvested, December 31, 2015 | 3,936 |  | $ | 59.54 |

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