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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The share information used to compute basic and diluted EPS attributable to Arconic Corporation common shareholders was as follows (shares in millions):
|  | Third quarter ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
| ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019 |  | 2020 | ​ | 2019
Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic | ​ | 109 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 109 |
Effect of dilutive share equivalents: | ​ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Stock units |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted |  | 113 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 109 |

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