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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc
(NYSE:APD) 

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and services worldwide. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, syngas, an...

Founded: 1940
Full Time Employees: 19,000
CEO: Seifi Ghasemi  
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Chemicals

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      sales
    3,171,800,000 3,102,500,000 3,166,900,000 3,022,700,000 2,916,200,000 2,931,500,000 3,187,500,000 2,985,500,000 2,930,200,000 2,997,400,000 3,191,300,000 3,033,900,000 3,200,100,000 3,174,700,000 3,570,000,000 3,189,300,000 2,945,100,000 2,994,200,000 2,841,100,000 2,604,700,000 2,502,000,000 2,375,200,000 2,320,100,000 2,065,200,000 2,216,300,000 2,254,700,000 2,283,200,000 2,224,000,000 2,187,700,000 2,224,000,000 2,298,900,000 2,259,000,000 2,155,700,000 2,216,600,000 2,203,100,000 2,121,900,000 1,980,100,000 1,882,500,000 2,463,000,000 2,434,400,000 2,271,200,000 2,355,800,000 2,449,400,000 2,470,200,000 2,414,500,000 2,560,800,000 2,677,000,000 2,634,600,000 2,581,900,000 2,545,500,000 2,586,500,000 2,547,300,000 2,484,200,000 2,562,400,000 2,605,800,000 2,340,100,000 2,344,300,000 2,423,100,000 2,611,200,000 2,577,800,000 2,501,300,000 2,391,700,000 2,351,200,000 2,252,300,000 2,249,000,000 2,173,500,000 2,129,300,000 1,976,200,000 1,955,400,000 2,195,300,000 2,808,000,000 2,605,300,000 2,473,600,000 2,595,000,000 2,473,300,000 2,432,500,000 
      cost of sales
    2,184,400,000 2,107,500,000 2,145,500,000 2,040,100,000 2,053,900,000 2,016,500,000 2,104,400,000 2,005,600,000 1,991,500,000 2,067,200,000 2,207,200,000 2,070,700,000 2,282,800,000 2,272,300,000 2,621,200,000 2,342,100,000 2,151,600,000 2,223,600,000 2,006,300,000 1,801,900,000 1,745,500,000 1,632,400,000 1,566,500,000 1,344,900,000 1,460,100,000 1,486,600,000 1,490,800,000 1,466,000,000 1,474,700,000 1,544,000,000 1,565,800,000 1,545,400,000 1,506,500,000 1,571,800,000 1,545,300,000 1,486,200,000 1,403,800,000 1,318,100,000 1,648,700,000 1,639,300,000 1,519,000,000 1,598,000,000 1,697,100,000 1,716,400,000 1,699,600,000 1,831,000,000 1,932,400,000 1,918,700,000 1,917,600,000 1,865,900,000 1,882,900,000 1,875,500,000 1,813,600,000 1,900,100,000 1,923,000,000 1,690,800,000 1,715,800,000 1,774,300,000 1,910,200,000 1,882,100,000 1,802,500,000 1,720,500,000 1,694,700,000 1,611,000,000 1,628,700,000 1,568,600,000 1,545,000,000 1,427,500,000 1,439,900,000 1,629,700,000  1,903,800,000 1,788,500,000 1,903,600,000 1,824,400,000 1,788,500,000 
      selling and administrative expense
    227,200,000 228,700,000 219,100,000 222,600,000 222,000,000 242,400,000 228,000,000 235,400,000 240,600,000 238,400,000 232,700,000 238,700,000 251,200,000 234,400,000                                                               
      research and development expense
    21,600,000 20,400,000 27,300,000 24,100,000 22,900,000 22,000,000 22,100,000 27,000,000 25,400,000 25,700,000 24,700,000 29,300,000 27,200,000 24,400,000                                                               
      business and asset actions
     22,000,000 795,000,000 24,100,000 2,927,900,000    57,000,000   59,000,000 185,600,000                                                                
      shareholder activism-related costs
       25,000,000 31,400,000                                                                        
      other income
    14,100,000 10,600,000 36,800,000 36,500,000 13,900,000 22,900,000 15,800,000 20,100,000 21,500,000 800,000 11,900,000 8,000,000 6,500,000 8,400,000 6,400,000 21,900,000 19,100,000 8,500,000 9,700,000 10,800,000 9,800,000 22,500,000 29,300,000 15,700,000 8,100,000 12,300,000 15,600,000 14,700,000 10,400,000 8,600,000 7,000,000 5,800,000 15,300,000 22,100,000 48,000,000 26,300,000 22,000,000 24,700,000 21,900,000 10,800,000 19,500,000 5,900,000 29,800,000 4,500,000 4,700,000 8,300,000 11,700,000 3,700,000 17,000,000 20,400,000 24,500,000 16,100,000 18,000,000 11,600,000 9,600,000 10,500,000 13,300,000 12,900,000 14,200,000 3,300,000 13,000,000 6,700,000   10,400,000 11,400,000 9,300,000 5,700,000 5,100,000 -2,900,000 -2,200,000 -9,100,000 -15,400,000 -13,600,000 -4,000,000 -7,500,000 
      operating income
    752,700,000 734,500,000 16,800,000 790,600,000 -2,328,000,000 643,600,000 2,424,400,000 737,600,000 637,200,000 666,900,000 738,600,000 644,200,000 459,800,000 652,000,000 626,500,000 627,400,000 561,900,000 523,000,000 616,700,000 577,100,000 548,500,000 539,100,000 560,200,000 539,200,000 577,200,000 561,000,000 603,200,000 569,700,000 516,500,000 455,000,000 533,700,000 515,800,000 455,400,000 460,700,000 455,700,000 252,600,000 391,200,000 328,100,000 547,000,000 535,100,000 513,300,000 493,000,000 472,200,000 422,500,000 374,400,000 430,000,000 144,100,000 413,800,000 384,700,000 385,600,000 179,200,000 383,100,000 389,700,000 372,400,000 157,900,000 482,800,000 287,900,000 384,700,000 425,300,000 416,800,000 419,500,000 360,600,000 367,000,000 336,400,000 340,600,000 345,000,000 328,000,000 143,800,000 260,400,000 114,100,000 67,600,000 338,200,000 372,000,000 364,600,000 324,700,000 332,300,000 
      yoy
    -132.33% 14.12% -99.31% 7.19% -465.35% -3.49% 228.24% 14.50% 38.58% 2.29% 17.89% 2.68% -18.17% 24.67% 1.59% 8.72% 2.44% -2.99% 10.09% 7.03% -4.97% -3.90% -7.13% -5.35% 11.75% 23.30% 13.02% 10.45% 13.42% -1.24% 17.12% 104.20% 16.41% 40.41% -16.69% -52.79% -23.79% -33.45% 15.84% 26.65% 37.10% 14.65% 227.69% 2.10% -2.68% 11.51% -19.59% 8.01% -1.28% 3.54% 13.49% -20.65% 35.36% -3.20% -62.87% 15.83% -31.37% 6.68% 15.89% 23.90% 23.17% 4.52% 11.89% 133.94% 30.80% 202.37% 385.21% -57.48% -30.00% -68.71% -79.18% 1.78%     
      qoq
    2.48% 4272.02% -97.88% -133.96% -461.72% -73.45% 228.69% 15.76% -4.45% -9.71% 14.65% 40.10% -29.48% 4.07% -0.14% 11.66% 7.44% -15.19% 6.86% 5.21% 1.74% -3.77% 3.89% -6.58% 2.89% -7.00% 5.88% 10.30% 13.52% -14.75% 3.47% 13.26% -1.15% 1.10% 80.40% -35.43% 19.23% -40.02% 2.22% 4.25% 4.12% 4.40% 11.76% 12.85% -12.93% 198.40% -65.18% 7.56% -0.23% 115.18% -53.22% -1.69% 4.65% 135.85% -67.29% 67.70% -25.16% -9.55% 2.04% -0.64% 16.33% -1.74% 9.10% -1.23% -1.28% 5.18% 128.09% -44.78% 128.22% 68.79% -80.01% -9.09% 2.03% 12.29% -2.29%  
      equity affiliates' income
    179,400,000 172,200,000 184,000,000 167,600,000 145,500,000 150,600,000 177,100,000 168,900,000 143,300,000 158,400,000 163,400,000 165,000,000 165,900,000 110,000,000 96,800,000 116,100,000 120,800,000 147,800,000 91,800,000 63,200,000 69,800,000 69,300,000 67,200,000 51,200,000 88,200,000 58,200,000 59,900,000 56,400,000 46,200,000 52,900,000 59,200,000 58,100,000 43,700,000 13,800,000 44,800,000 -36,900,000                                         
      interest expense
    49,500,000 54,500,000 67,800,000 61,400,000 42,200,000 42,600,000 49,700,000 55,700,000 59,900,000 53,500,000 48,000,000 47,400,000 40,900,000 41,200,000 32,500,000 32,700,000 32,300,000 30,500,000 33,400,000 35,600,000 36,100,000 36,700,000 39,200,000 32,100,000 19,300,000 18,700,000 30,100,000 34,200,000 35,400,000 37,300,000 35,400,000 34,900,000 30,400,000 29,800,000 30,800,000 29,800,000 30,500,000 29,500,000 32,600,000 35,000,000 25,700,000 22,200,000 22,800,000 28,200,000 23,400,000 29,100,000 29,000,000 31,300,000 31,500,000 33,300,000 35,400,000 35,400,000 35,200,000 35,800,000 38,900,000 26,000,000 29,400,000 29,400,000 28,600,000 26,500,000 29,400,000 31,000,000 30,800,000 30,000,000 29,500,000 31,600,000 27,900,000 27,500,000 30,000,000 36,500,000 39,600,000 39,100,000 41,000,000 44,200,000 37,800,000 39,100,000 
      other non-operating income
    900,000 -1,400,000 -11,700,000 -6,000,000 -18,600,000 38,900,000 -48,500,000 -1,300,000 -9,200,000 -14,800,000 -12,800,000 -11,700,000 -13,900,000 -600,000 20,200,000 10,500,000 9,100,000 22,600,000 17,200,000 21,100,000 16,800,000 18,600,000 6,400,000 8,100,000 7,100,000 9,100,000 16,900,000 17,600,000 13,700,000 18,500,000 -28,600,000 12,800,000 11,100,000 9,800,000 9,500,000 9,800,000 9,700,000                                        
      income before taxes
    883,500,000 850,800,000   -2,243,300,000 790,500,000 579,475,000 849,500,000 711,400,000 757,000,000 510,300,000 750,100,000 570,900,000 720,200,000            609,600,000                504,500,000                392,400,000   421,800,000 357,400,000               
      income tax expense
    158,700,000 159,400,000 111,200,000 159,600,000 -505,800,000                                                                        
      net income
    724,800,000 691,400,000 10,100,000 723,200,000 -1,737,500,000 649,800,000 1,951,000,000 708,900,000 580,900,000 621,600,000 694,400,000 610,500,000 449,900,000 583,800,000 593,000,000 587,100,000 536,800,000 549,600,000 618,800,000 532,300,000 477,100,000 486,700,000 494,700,000 457,100,000 490,400,000 488,900,000 518,700,000 500,200,000 433,500,000 357,000,000 459,700,000 487,900,000 423,600,000 161,700,000 475,000,000 104,100,000 2,135,700,000 306,400,000 400,900,000 354,100,000 -465,500,000 372,000,000 350,000,000 333,200,000 296,900,000 337,500,000 79,000,000 323,500,000 291,500,000 299,100,000 147,300,000 298,400,000 299,600,000 287,200,000 142,300,000 492,500,000 302,200,000 256,300,000 339,100,000 335,000,000 311,500,000 275,900,000 278,000,000 261,300,000 258,400,000 256,800,000 243,900,000 113,200,000 205,600,000 68,600,000 70,100,000 314,300,000 263,700,000 284,900,000 227,600,000 230,300,000 
      yoy
    -141.72% 6.40% -99.48% 2.02% -399.10% 4.54% 180.96% 16.12% 29.12% 6.47% 17.10% 3.99% -16.19% 6.22% -4.17% 10.29% 12.51% 12.92% 25.09% 16.45% -2.71% -0.45% -4.63% -8.62% 13.13% 36.95% 12.83% 2.52% 2.34% 120.78% -3.22% 368.68% -80.17% -47.23% 18.48% -70.60% -558.80% -17.63% 14.54% 6.27% -256.79% 10.22% 343.04% 3.00% 1.85% 12.84% -46.37% 8.41% -2.70% 4.14% 3.51% -39.41% -0.86% 12.06% -58.04% 47.01% -2.99% -7.10% 21.98% 28.21% 20.55% 7.44% 13.98% 130.83% 25.68% 274.34% 247.93% -63.98% -22.03% -75.92% -69.20% 36.47%     
      qoq
    4.83% 6745.54% -98.60% -141.62% -367.39% -66.69% 175.22% 22.03% -6.55% -10.48% 13.74% 35.70% -22.94% -1.55% 1.00% 9.37% -2.33% -11.18% 16.25% 11.57% -1.97% -1.62% 8.23% -6.79% 0.31% -5.75% 3.70% 15.39% 21.43% -22.34% -5.78% 15.18% 161.97% -65.96% 356.29% -95.13% 597.03% -23.57% 13.22% -176.07% -225.13% 6.29% 5.04% 12.23% -12.03% 327.22% -75.58% 10.98% -2.54% 103.05% -50.64% -0.40% 4.32% 101.83% -71.11% 62.97% 17.91% -24.42% 1.22% 7.54% 12.90% -0.76% 6.39% 1.12% 0.62% 5.29% 115.46% -44.94% 199.71% -2.14% -77.70% 19.19% -7.44% 25.18% -1.17%  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    14,400,000 13,200,000 5,200,000 9,400,000 -6,900,000 32,400,000 8,275,000 12,300,000 8,500,000 12,300,000 9,150,000 14,900,000 10,100,000 11,600,000            13,300,000                                                   
      net income attributable to air products
    710,400,000 678,200,000 4,900,000 713,800,000 -1,730,600,000 617,400,000 1,949,900,000 696,600,000 572,400,000 609,300,000 692,600,000 595,600,000 439,800,000 572,200,000 583,100,000 582,100,000 530,500,000 560,400,000 610,400,000 533,600,000 473,100,000 482,000,000 486,800,000 446,500,000 477,800,000 475,600,000 503,200,000 488,000,000 421,300,000 347,500,000 452,900,000 473,900,000 416,400,000 154,600,000 468,700,000 101,900,000 2,130,000,000 299,800,000 394,000,000 346,800,000 -473,300,000 363,600,000 344,500,000 318,800,000 290,000,000 324,600,000 104,000,000 314,000,000 283,500,000 290,200,000 137,100,000 288,400,000 290,400,000 278,300,000 138,700,000 484,500,000 296,000,000 248,100,000 324,800,000 326,500,000 304,300,000 268,600,000 272,100,000 253,200,000 252,000,000 251,800,000           
      per share data
                                                                                
      basic earnings per share attributable to air products
    3.19 3.04 0.02 3.2 -7.77 2.77 2.11 3.13 2.57 2.74 1.808 2.68 1.98 2.58                                                               
      diluted earnings per share attributable to air products
    3.19 3.04 0.02 3.2 -7.77 2.77 2.108 3.13 2.57 2.73 1.805 2.67 1.97 2.57                                                               
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                                
      basic
    222.8 222.8 222.7 222.8 222.8 222.7 222.5 222.5 222.5 222.5 222.3 222.4 222.3 222.2 222 222 222 221.9 221.6 221.6 221.6 221.5 221.2                                                      
      diluted
    222.9 222.9 222.7 222.9 222.8 222.9 222.8 222.8 222.7 222.8 222.7 222.8 222.7 222.6 222.5 222.5 222.5 222.6 222.5 222.5 222.5 222.6 222.3                                                      
      gain on sale of business
       67,300,000                                                                         
      income from continuing operations before taxes
      121,300,000 890,800,000           711,000,000 721,300,000 659,500,000 662,900,000 692,300,000 625,800,000 599,000,000 590,300,000 594,600,000 566,400,000 653,200,000  649,900,000 609,500,000 541,000,000 489,100,000 528,900,000 551,800,000 479,800,000 454,500,000 479,200,000 195,700,000 404,600,000 336,600,000 547,500,000 542,500,000 520,100,000  468,800,000 436,700,000 384,000,000 444,000,000 154,800,000 425,600,000 383,600,000 390,500,000 186,200,000 391,900,000 394,300,000 378,000,000 158,500,000 498,500,000 294,000,000  451,800,000 430,000,000   371,500,000 338,900,000 343,300,000 340,300,000           
      income from continuing operations
      10,100,000 731,200,000           580,400,000 587,100,000 536,800,000 549,600,000 567,000,000 524,100,000 477,100,000 476,400,000 494,700,000 457,100,000 504,700,000  518,700,000 500,200,000 433,500,000 357,000,000 459,700,000 444,700,000 423,600,000 162,700,000 480,500,000 106,400,000 310,100,000 258,200,000 408,900,000 363,000,000 387,600,000  350,000,000 333,200,000 296,900,000 337,500,000 77,500,000 323,500,000 291,500,000 296,000,000 160,400,000 297,800,000 298,500,000 285,800,000 140,700,000 365,200,000 285,200,000  339,100,000 326,100,000   278,000,000 261,300,000 258,400,000 256,800,000 246,000,000 114,600,000 189,300,000 90,000,000 50,800,000 253,100,000 257,000,000 284,900,000 227,600,000 230,300,000 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
      -2,000,000 -8,000,000                   -3,575,000  -14,300,000                -853,100,000                                    
      net income from continuing operations
      4,900,000 721,800,000           570,500,000 582,100,000 530,500,000 560,400,000 558,600,000 525,400,000 473,100,000 471,700,000 486,800,000 446,500,000 492,100,000                                                    
      net loss from discontinued operations
      -2,000,000 -8,000,000                   -3,575,000  -14,300,000                                                    
      basic earnings per share from continuing operations
      0.02 3.24                   1.6 2.02 2.22                                                    
      basic loss per share from discontinued operations
      -0.01 -0.04                                                                         
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
      0.02 3.24                   1.59 2.01 2.21                                                    
      diluted loss per share from discontinued operations
      -0.01 -0.04                                                                         
      shareholder activism costs
         29,900,000                                                                       
      income tax provision
         140,700,000 538,400,000 140,600,000 130,500,000 135,400,000 154,200,000 139,600,000 121,000,000 136,400,000 130,600,000 134,200,000 122,700,000 113,300,000 125,300,000 101,700,000 121,900,000 113,900,000 99,900,000 109,300,000 148,500,000 120,700,000 131,200,000 109,300,000 107,500,000 132,100,000 69,200,000 107,100,000 56,200,000 291,800,000 -1,300,000 89,300,000 94,500,000 78,400,000 138,600,000 179,500,000 132,500,000 132,500,000 118,800,000 103,500,000 87,100,000 106,500,000 77,300,000 102,100,000 92,100,000 94,500,000 25,800,000 94,100,000 95,800,000 92,200,000 17,800,000 133,300,000 8,800,000 136,100,000 112,700,000 103,900,000 110,300,000 81,500,000 93,500,000 77,600,000 84,900,000 83,500,000 86,300,000 25,400,000 66,500,000 7,100,000 16,100,000 83,900,000 93,200,000 62,700,000 84,300,000 85,100,000 
      facility closure
                        23,200,000         29,000,000                                               
      selling and administrative
                  223,900,000 216,900,000 227,000,000 232,800,000 202,100,000 213,300,000 210,300,000 202,700,000 195,600,000 176,900,000 201,700,000 201,700,000 181,900,000 188,500,000 190,000,000 189,600,000 186,000,000 188,600,000 194,600,000 191,600,000 187,500,000 184,500,000 177,900,000 165,700,000 218,800,000 212,000,000 207,100,000 212,000,000 200,400,000 242,200,000 240,900,000 258,200,000 243,000,000 272,000,000 263,400,000 280,900,000 260,200,000 271,300,000 266,600,000 268,200,000 248,000,000 230,400,000 237,300,000 248,900,000 257,500,000 252,900,000 259,400,000 244,600,000 231,200,000 241,200,000 240,400,000 244,100,000 233,500,000 232,300,000 230,600,000 247,000,000 320,700,000 311,800,000 296,800,000 304,700,000 293,100,000 284,400,000 
      research and development
                  31,100,000 24,800,000 23,700,000 23,300,000 25,700,000 23,200,000 21,100,000 23,500,000 27,100,000 19,900,000 19,200,000 17,700,000 22,900,000 18,100,000 16,900,000 15,000,000 20,400,000 15,000,000 14,500,000 14,600,000 13,300,000 14,600,000 14,800,000 15,100,000 33,200,000 34,100,000 32,700,000 32,400,000 33,300,000 33,800,000 36,300,000 35,400,000 40,900,000 33,800,000 33,200,000 33,500,000 34,600,000 33,500,000 32,300,000 33,300,000 36,100,000 32,500,000 29,800,000 28,100,000 32,400,000 29,300,000 27,900,000 29,200,000 31,900,000 29,300,000 26,300,000 27,200,000 29,400,000 24,100,000 29,600,000 33,200,000 33,100,000 34,300,000 30,300,000 35,700,000 35,100,000 34,800,000 
      gain on exchange with joint venture partner
                        36,800,000                                                        
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                      51,800,000 8,200,000  10,300,000          43,200,000  -1,000,000 -5,500,000 -2,300,000 1,825,600,000 48,200,000 -219,050,000 -8,900,000       1,500,000   3,100,000 -13,100,000 600,000 1,100,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 127,300,000 17,000,000   8,900,000       -2,100,000 -1,400,000 16,300,000 -21,400,000 19,300,000 61,200,000 6,700,000    
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of continuing operations
                  9,900,000 5,000,000 6,300,000 -10,800,000 8,400,000 -1,300,000 4,000,000 4,700,000 7,900,000 10,600,000 12,600,000  15,500,000 12,200,000 12,200,000 9,500,000 6,800,000 14,000,000 7,200,000 7,100,000 6,300,000 2,200,000 5,700,000 6,600,000                                       
      net income from discontinued operations
                      51,800,000 8,200,000  10,300,000                                                       
      per share data*
                                                                                
      basic eps from continuing operations
                  2.57 2.62 2.39 2.53 2.53 2.37 2.13 2.13                                                       
      basic eps from discontinued operations
                      0.24 0.04  0.05                                                       
      basic eps attributable to air products
                  2.62 2.62 2.39 2.53 2.75 2.41 2.13 2.18                                                       
      diluted eps from continuing operations
                  2.56 2.62 2.38 2.52 2.51 2.36 2.13 2.12                                                       
      diluted eps from discontinued operations
                      0.24 0.04  0.05                                                       
      diluted eps attributable to air products
                  2.62 2.62 2.38 2.52 2.74 2.4 2.13 2.17                                                       
      company headquarters relocation income
                            33,800,000                                                    
      cost reduction actions
                              6,375,000 25,500,000                                                 
      gain on exchange of equity affiliate investments
                               29,100,000                                                 
      basic earnings per common share attributable to air products*
                                                                                
      basic earnings per share from discontinued operations
                          -0.015  -0.06                                                    
      basic earnings per common share attributable to air products
                          1.583 2.02 2.16 2,150,000                                1,180,000   1,420,000 1,250,000               
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to air products*
                                                                                
      diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations
                          -0.015  -0.06                                                    
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to air products
                          1.575 2.01 2.15 2,140,000                                1,160,000   1,390,000 1,230,000               
      weighted-average common shares – basic
                           221.2 221.2 220,900,000  220,600,000 220,200,000 219,900,000  219,500,000 219,400,000 218,900,000  218,100,000 217,900,000 217,700,000  216,600,000    215,200,000 214,900,000 214,200,000  212,900,000 212,400,000 211,800,000  209,400,000 208,400,000                        
      weighted-average common shares – diluted
                           222.4 222.3 222,200,000  221,900,000 221,400,000 221,000,000  220,900,000 220,800,000 220,400,000  219,800,000 219,700,000 219,700,000  218,500,000    217,400,000 217,400,000 216,600,000  215,400,000 214,900,000 214,300,000  211,900,000 211,000,000                        
      income from discontinued operations
                                   43,200,000  -1,000,000 -5,500,000 -2,300,000 1,825,600,000 48,200,000 -219,050,000 -8,900,000       1,500,000   3,100,000 -13,100,000 600,000 1,100,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 127,300,000 17,000,000   8,900,000       -10,000 -10,000 80,000 -100,000 90,000 290,000 30,000    
      loss from discontinued operations
                                            -853,100,000                                    
      business separation costs
                                         30,200,000 23,300,000 9,500,000 7,400,000 12,000,000                                   
      cost reduction and asset actions
                                      25,750,000 42,700,000 10,300,000 50,000,000                                       
      goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge
                                       162,100,000                                         
      dividends declared per common share – cash
                                  787,500 1,100,000 1,100,000 950,000 690,000 950,000 950,000 860,000 632,500 860,000   597,500 810,000 810,000 770,000 562,500 770,000 770,000 710,000 515,000 710,000 710,000 640,000 465,000 640,000 640,000 580,000 412,500 580,000 580,000 490,000 357,500 490,000       440,000    380,000  
      pension settlement loss
                                      900,000 5,500,000 4,100,000  2,800,000 1,000,000 2,600,000  7,000,000 1,600,000 12,600,000                                
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of discontinued operations
                                                                                
      equity affiliates’ income
                                        34,200,000 38,000,000 40,000,000 42,400,000 32,500,000 33,700,000 36,000,000 42,400,000 33,000,000 43,100,000 39,700,000 43,100,000 30,400,000 38,200,000 42,400,000 44,200,000 39,800,000 41,400,000 39,500,000 41,700,000 35,500,000 37,100,000 55,100,000 39,700,000 31,700,000 27,800,000 35,300,000 32,500,000 32,200,000 26,900,000 32,200,000 28,500,000 27,000,000 24,500,000 46,500,000 42,400,000 25,300,000 35,500,000 32,400,000 30,100,000 
      business restructuring and cost reduction actions
                                          11,100,000 14,200,000 8,600,000  61,700,000 58,200,000 55,400,000 32,400,000                               
      gain on previously held equity interest
                                                 17,900,000          85,900,000                     
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                          6,900,000 7,300,000 7,800,000 8,400,000 5,500,000 14,400,000 6,900,000 12,900,000 -25,000,000 9,500,000 8,000,000 8,900,000 10,200,000 10,000,000 9,200,000 8,900,000 3,600,000 8,000,000 6,200,000 8,200,000 14,300,000 8,500,000 7,200,000 7,300,000 5,900,000 8,100,000 6,400,000 5,000,000           
      weighted-average common shares — basic
                              220.3    219,300,000    218,000,000    216,400,000  216,100,000 215,800,000 214,900,000                                  
      weighted-average common shares — diluted
                              221.6    220,800,000    219,800,000    218,300,000  217,900,000 217,600,000 217,300,000                                  
      dividends declared per common share — cash
                                            860,000 810,000                       490,000 450,000 335,000 450,000 450,000 440,000  440,000 380,000 380,000  340,000 
      project suspension costs
                                             14,300,000                                   
      earnings per common share attributable to air products
                                                                                
      net income attributable to air products — basic
                                             1,680,000                                   
      net income attributable to air products — diluted
                                             1,670,000                                   
      business restructuring and cost reduction plans
                                                                                
      weighted-average of common shares outstanding
                                                  212,700,000    209,700,000   210,000,000 211,200,000 211,500,000 211,100,000 210,300,000 213,000,000 212,500,000 213,800,000 214,200,000 212,200,000 212,300,000 212,100,000 211,700,000 209,900,000 209,800,000 209,600,000 209,400,000 211,200,000 212,300,000 214,800,000 216,100,000 216,500,000 216,700,000 
      weighted-average of common shares outstanding assuming dilution
                                                  215,200,000    212,300,000   212,600,000 214,700,000 214,700,000 215,000,000 213,900,000 217,600,000 217,300,000 218,800,000 219,200,000 217,100,000 216,900,000 216,900,000 217,000,000 213,500,000 214,000,000 212,300,000 212,100,000 218,200,000 219,200,000 222,300,000 223,100,000 223,400,000 223,400,000 
      cost reduction plan
                                                          21,700,000  86,800,000                    
      net income on airgas transaction
                                                              12,125,000  5,000,000                
      net loss on airgas transaction
                                                                                
      customer bankruptcy
                                                                       22,200,000         
      pension settlement
                                                                  5,200,000 6,300,000   2,700,000 8,000,000   1,000,000 26,300,000 1,400,000    
      acquisition-related costs
                                                                 43,500,000 34,700,000 37,900,000 23,400,000            
      global cost reduction plan
                                                                       124,000,000  174,200,000       
      other (income)
                                                                                
      income from continuing operations before taxes and minority interest
                                                                      332,300,000 144,800,000 257,400,000 102,100,000 74,500,000 341,500,000 356,300,000 355,900,000 319,300,000 323,300,000 
      minority interest in earnings of subsidiary companies
                                                                       4,800,000 1,600,000 5,000,000 7,600,000 4,500,000 6,100,000 8,300,000 7,400,000 7,900,000 
      basic earnings per common share
                                                                                
      diluted earnings per common share
                                                                                
      costs and expenses cost of sales
                                                                          2,073,000,000      
      u.s. healthcare impairment
                                                                          314,800,000      
      costs and expenses
                                                                                
      gain on sale of a chemical facility
                                                                                
      impairment of loans receivable
                                                                                
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        assets
                                                                                  
        current assets
                                                                                  
        cash and cash items
      951,000,000 1,026,400,000 1,856,000,000 2,324,300,000 1,491,400,000 1,845,500,000 2,979,700,000 2,375,700,000 2,535,000,000 1,962,600,000 1,617,000,000 1,637,700,000 2,242,400,000 3,131,000,000 2,711,000,000 2,957,400,000 2,348,700,000 2,953,700,000 4,468,900,000 4,291,600,000 5,786,300,000 5,788,000,000 5,253,000,000 3,921,400,000 2,220,100,000 2,406,100,000 2,248,700,000 2,696,800,000 2,735,900,000 2,923,300,000 2,791,300,000 2,986,500,000 3,066,900,000 2,722,600,000 3,273,600,000 2,332,600,000 1,869,300,000 655,500,000 1,501,300,000 514,800,000 313,100,000 279,100,000 206,400,000 215,300,000 195,700,000 238,800,000 336,600,000 337,600,000 356,900,000 387,600,000 450,400,000 418,800,000 401,600,000 545,600,000 454,400,000 361,200,000 319,500,000 407,300,000 422,500,000 430,100,000 270,300,000 247,200,000 374,300,000 405,300,000 230,900,000 323,000,000 488,200,000 70,300,000 79,700,000 118,500,000 126,200,000 138,800,000 96,500,000 31,700,000 37,300,000 64,500,000 
        trade receivables
      1,937,700,000 1,894,900,000 1,901,200,000 1,943,500,000 1,845,900,000 1,807,400,000 1,821,600,000 1,712,200,000 1,715,800,000 1,725,400,000 1,700,400,000 1,934,200,000 1,714,700,000 1,827,200,000 1,794,400,000 1,768,600,000 1,728,200,000 1,693,800,000 1,451,300,000 1,419,300,000 1,388,900,000 1,419,700,000 1,274,800,000 1,409,700,000 1,399,400,000 1,288,600,000 1,260,200,000 1,340,700,000 1,258,500,000 1,268,200,000 1,207,200,000 1,227,600,000 1,252,300,000 1,233,400,000 1,174,000,000 1,101,200,000 1,176,300,000 1,063,300,000 1,439,900,000 1,563,200,000 1,373,300,000 1,288,500,000 1,406,200,000 1,440,800,000 1,381,400,000 1,430,400,000 1,486,000,000 1,612,700,000 1,613,700,000 1,561,200,000 1,544,300,000 1,616,000,000 1,519,400,000 1,508,000,000 1,544,700,000 1,418,500,000 1,381,800,000 1,529,500,000 1,575,000,000                  
        inventories
      767,900,000 788,100,000 776,500,000 797,700,000 769,700,000 739,000,000 766,000,000 755,600,000 721,200,000 709,300,000 651,800,000 663,900,000 645,600,000 635,300,000 514,200,000 514,000,000 507,500,000 487,200,000 453,900,000 447,200,000 430,300,000 422,900,000 404,800,000 410,900,000 399,700,000 400,600,000 388,300,000 408,300,000 408,300,000 403,400,000 396,100,000 322,100,000 339,900,000 347,400,000 335,400,000 293,300,000 322,800,000 330,700,000 619,900,000 611,100,000 649,800,000 665,600,000 657,800,000 681,900,000 693,300,000 709,700,000 706,000,000 690,200,000 665,300,000 693,400,000 706,100,000 705,900,000 728,100,000 746,500,000 786,600,000 699,500,000 696,000,000 704,100,000 681,400,000 639,600,000 597,200,000 584,500,000 571,600,000 499,200,000 504,700,000 522,600,000 509,600,000 495,800,000 506,600,000 521,200,000 534,600,000 533,700,000 517,300,000 541,100,000 530,700,000 536,400,000 
        prepaid expenses
      171,200,000 163,800,000 174,900,000 234,000,000 261,600,000 201,800,000 179,900,000 170,700,000 263,300,000 206,800,000 177,000,000 179,200,000 224,700,000 165,100,000 156,800,000 179,300,000 195,500,000 135,300,000 119,400,000 132,300,000 206,800,000 178,500,000 164,500,000 185,900,000 129,600,000 98,300,000 77,400,000 97,200,000 102,400,000 74,900,000 129,600,000 104,100,000 131,200,000 177,700,000 191,400,000 79,000,000 61,900,000 68,600,000 99,600,000 80,300,000 85,100,000 59,200,000 67,300,000 63,400,000 114,900,000 76,400,000 87,800,000 115,600,000 98,100,000 119,700,000 121,100,000 137,100,000 100,100,000 125,500,000 81,700,000 75,000,000 105,200,000 85,000,000 77,900,000 101,200,000 112,600,000 70,300,000 70,300,000 72,800,000 109,800,000 136,800,000 99,700,000 96,000,000 172,200,000 115,800,000 117,000,000 85,700,000 61,300,000 139,400,000 227,200,000  
        assets held for sale
      467,000,000 472,600,000 427,700,000                                                                          
        other receivables and current assets
      717,800,000 757,400,000 689,500,000 848,100,000 707,600,000 640,500,000 610,800,000 601,400,000 719,200,000 773,600,000 722,100,000 670,300,000 622,900,000 542,900,000 515,800,000 590,400,000 620,600,000 484,900,000 550,900,000 561,500,000 545,100,000 588,700,000 482,900,000 562,900,000 539,700,000 526,100,000 477,700,000 372,200,000 387,500,000 407,800,000 295,800,000 314,000,000 370,500,000 371,700,000 403,300,000 431,700,000 362,000,000 485,900,000 555,600,000 479,700,000 444,900,000 357,500,000 462,300,000 551,900,000 569,900,000 538,900,000 523,000,000 426,200,000 431,200,000 416,200,000 432,400,000 428,300,000 387,600,000 409,700,000 342,000,000 300,300,000 373,300,000 294,400,000 286,300,000 310,500,000 267,300,000 328,800,000 372,100,000 431,100,000 406,700,000 286,600,000 399,800,000 445,600,000 396,600,000 468,600,000 333,400,000 240,600,000 197,800,000 348,900,000 268,900,000 286,900,000 
        total current assets
      5,012,600,000 5,103,200,000 5,825,800,000 6,147,600,000 5,187,600,000 5,351,700,000 6,363,000,000 5,677,400,000 6,057,300,000 5,649,500,000 5,200,500,000 5,354,000,000 5,721,600,000 6,321,100,000 6,282,900,000 6,367,300,000 6,249,400,000 6,483,500,000 8,376,300,000 8,376,800,000 8,766,600,000 8,809,800,000 8,684,900,000 9,006,500,000 4,688,500,000 4,719,700,000 4,618,300,000 4,915,200,000 4,895,200,000 5,089,900,000 5,082,200,000 5,055,500,000 5,396,300,000 5,355,500,000 5,876,700,000 5,347,000,000 5,294,100,000 3,548,800,000 4,317,300,000 3,378,800,000 3,031,200,000 2,779,000,000 2,910,800,000 3,102,300,000 3,114,500,000 3,137,200,000 3,294,800,000 3,339,800,000 3,299,900,000 3,330,100,000 3,439,100,000 3,480,700,000 3,379,200,000 3,563,100,000 3,415,800,000 3,033,100,000 3,342,900,000 3,176,200,000 3,189,800,000 3,276,500,000 2,976,500,000 2,870,200,000 3,033,800,000 2,945,400,000 2,822,000,000 2,783,200,000 2,997,800,000 2,571,100,000 2,596,400,000 2,833,400,000 3,121,600,000 2,991,500,000 2,863,800,000 3,014,900,000 2,908,700,000 2,650,100,000 
        investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates
      5,409,300,000 5,440,100,000 5,366,100,000 5,227,800,000 5,128,700,000 4,772,100,000 4,792,500,000 4,714,600,000 4,758,900,000 4,685,200,000 4,617,800,000 4,493,500,000 4,420,200,000 3,391,500,000 3,353,800,000 3,339,500,000 3,423,800,000 3,329,200,000 1,649,300,000 1,577,700,000 1,538,200,000 1,520,400,000 1,432,200,000 1,346,100,000 1,314,600,000 1,339,900,000 1,276,200,000 1,290,400,000 1,279,300,000 1,242,400,000 1,277,200,000 1,259,300,000 1,305,600,000 1,258,000,000 1,286,900,000 1,244,700,000 1,296,300,000 1,254,700,000 1,288,100,000 1,270,400,000 1,264,300,000 1,262,400,000 1,265,700,000 1,244,200,000 1,223,900,000 1,252,200,000 1,257,900,000 1,256,300,000 1,230,500,000 1,212,700,000 1,195,500,000 1,203,300,000 1,198,200,000 1,185,200,000 1,175,700,000 1,135,000,000 1,051,500,000 1,007,200,000 1,011,600,000  979,300,000 912,000,000 912,800,000 856,900,000 893,600,000 878,200,000 868,100,000 820,600,000 756,500,000 763,300,000 865,000,000 842,900,000 791,600,000 817,900,000 796,200,000 765,600,000 
        plant and equipment, at cost
      44,553,500,000 43,785,200,000  42,985,200,000 40,645,800,000 41,097,900,000  37,597,500,000 35,913,200,000 34,793,900,000  31,715,500,000 30,751,800,000 29,772,300,000  28,349,100,000 28,720,400,000 28,101,000,000  27,181,200,000 26,438,500,000 26,308,100,000  24,198,000,000 23,005,200,000 23,099,800,000  22,425,600,000 21,986,300,000 21,586,500,000  21,387,500,000 20,522,500,000 20,040,000,000  19,176,300,000 18,716,200,000 18,273,800,000  19,967,100,000 19,961,800,000 20,443,200,000  20,472,400,000 19,981,800,000 20,256,500,000  20,447,300,000 19,952,900,000 19,864,800,000  18,867,700,000 18,549,600,000 18,558,100,000  17,592,400,000 17,658,100,000 17,439,200,000  17,536,000,000 17,119,800,000 16,572,300,000 16,309,700,000 15,646,900,000 15,995,200,000 15,957,200,000 15,751,300,000 15,254,700,000 14,645,400,000 14,783,700,000 15,515,500,000 15,389,000,000 14,910,200,000 14,711,600,000 14,198,600,000 13,929,000,000 
        less: accumulated depreciation
      17,859,800,000 17,643,100,000  17,345,200,000 16,612,400,000 16,367,100,000  16,115,400,000 15,912,700,000 15,858,400,000  15,202,700,000 15,053,400,000 14,733,100,000  14,217,400,000 14,625,200,000 14,476,300,000  14,145,600,000 13,810,200,000 13,791,000,000  12,729,100,000 12,381,500,000 12,407,600,000  11,998,000,000 11,792,500,000 11,626,700,000  11,485,500,000 11,704,800,000 11,408,100,000  10,859,300,000 10,518,000,000 10,243,500,000  11,168,500,000 11,107,700,000 10,824,200,000  10,751,600,000 10,495,900,000 10,648,900,000  10,868,200,000 10,640,600,000 10,712,800,000  10,202,000,000 10,060,800,000 10,075,800,000  9,884,300,000 10,013,200,000 9,913,300,000  10,011,800,000 9,758,000,000 9,414,800,000 9,258,400,000 8,876,100,000 9,053,700,000 9,012,000,000 8,891,700,000          
        plant and equipment
      26,693,700,000 26,142,100,000 25,337,800,000 25,640,000,000 24,033,400,000 24,730,800,000 23,370,900,000 21,482,100,000 20,000,500,000 18,935,500,000 17,472,100,000 16,512,800,000 15,698,400,000 15,039,200,000 14,160,500,000 14,131,700,000 14,095,200,000 13,624,700,000 13,254,600,000 13,035,600,000 12,628,300,000 12,517,100,000 11,964,700,000 11,468,900,000 10,623,700,000 10,692,200,000 10,337,600,000 10,427,600,000 10,193,800,000 9,959,800,000 9,923,700,000 9,902,000,000 8,817,700,000 8,631,900,000 8,440,200,000 8,317,000,000 8,198,200,000 8,030,300,000 8,852,700,000 8,798,600,000 8,854,100,000 9,619,000,000 9,636,900,000 9,720,800,000 9,485,900,000 9,607,600,000 9,532,100,000 9,579,100,000 9,312,300,000 9,152,000,000 8,974,000,000 8,665,700,000 8,488,800,000 8,482,300,000 8,240,600,000 7,708,100,000 7,644,900,000 7,525,900,000 7,412,000,000 7,524,200,000 7,361,800,000 7,157,500,000 7,051,300,000 6,770,800,000 6,941,500,000 6,945,200,000 6,859,600,000 6,675,000,000 6,410,100,000 6,459,000,000 6,859,300,000 6,856,400,000 6,700,300,000 6,626,400,000 6,335,700,000 6,264,200,000 
        goodwill
      958,700,000 971,500,000 963,900,000 969,700,000 887,100,000 866,500,000 905,100,000 879,000,000 883,200,000 899,400,000 861,700,000 891,600,000 883,900,000 876,300,000 823,000,000 866,800,000 912,800,000 923,300,000 911,500,000 931,500,000 914,700,000 923,900,000 891,500,000 799,300,000 785,300,000 816,100,000 797,100,000 820,400,000 811,900,000 780,400,000 788,900,000 794,100,000 815,000,000 790,800,000 721,500,000 705,100,000 827,200,000 811,100,000 1,150,200,000 1,135,200,000 1,150,600,000 1,115,400,000 1,131,300,000 1,163,800,000 1,155,400,000 1,200,700,000 1,237,300,000 1,612,500,000 1,614,000,000 1,642,900,000 1,653,800,000 1,615,100,000 1,595,700,000 1,610,700,000 1,598,400,000 927,900,000 831,800,000 877,500,000 892,400,000 969,100,000 945,600,000 912,200,000 914,600,000 842,500,000 913,900,000 912,200,000 916,000,000 872,700,000 811,200,000 866,000,000 994,700,000 1,280,500,000 1,236,600,000 1,158,300,000 1,009,900,000 1,007,600,000 
        intangible assets
      283,500,000 294,400,000 293,500,000 302,400,000 281,600,000 287,500,000 311,600,000 310,500,000 318,400,000 339,100,000 334,600,000 358,900,000 367,200,000 363,100,000 347,500,000 376,800,000 419,200,000 418,800,000 420,700,000 444,000,000 449,100,000 452,500,000 435,800,000 380,900,000 377,900,000 415,900,000 419,500,000 441,100,000 418,600,000 416,900,000 438,500,000 449,000,000 444,400,000 429,100,000 368,300,000 363,800,000 377,600,000 376,700,000 488,000,000 491,200,000 499,900,000 491,000,000 508,300,000 541,500,000 553,400,000 585,200,000 615,800,000 665,600,000 674,100,000 700,500,000 717,300,000 716,900,000 734,300,000 754,800,000 761,600,000 356,800,000 276,000,000 249,800,000 260,700,000 295,000,000 288,700,000 277,100,000 285,700,000 263,900,000 293,700,000 259,500,000 262,600,000 251,400,000 215,000,000 243,900,000 300,200,000 306,100,000 282,400,000 266,100,000 111,200,000 114,100,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      917,800,000 925,200,000 944,000,000 976,900,000 970,300,000 1,017,400,000 1,047,700,000 982,100,000 998,800,000 978,800,000 974,000,000 970,800,000 766,900,000 754,800,000                                                               
        noncurrent lease receivables
      291,100,000 299,600,000 307,100,000 318,200,000 324,200,000 335,700,000 392,100,000 437,200,000 458,600,000 485,900,000 494,700,000 520,000,000 561,700,000 579,300,000 583,100,000 641,900,000 692,300,000 724,300,000 740,300,000 763,800,000 789,200,000 816,200,000 816,300,000 820,600,000 840,800,000 883,200,000                                                   
        financing receivables
      955,600,000 964,600,000 1,000,000,000 983,300,000 965,300,000 1,245,400,000 1,220,200,000 1,213,400,000 1,209,600,000 1,119,100,000 817,200,000 817,200,000                                                                 
        other noncurrent assets
      1,122,400,000 1,100,000,000 1,021,300,000 1,093,200,000 1,094,700,000 1,410,100,000 1,171,500,000 1,278,000,000 1,236,400,000 1,025,700,000 1,229,900,000 1,010,700,000 1,015,500,000 953,000,000 1,641,800,000 1,765,000,000 1,657,000,000 1,621,500,000 1,506,500,000 1,122,700,000 1,072,800,000 1,048,200,000 943,100,000 959,800,000 870,400,000 784,600,000 604,100,000 698,800,000 671,000,000 666,700,000 654,500,000 687,900,000 603,600,000 617,500,000 641,800,000 736,900,000 730,200,000 772,000,000 737,300,000 763,700,000 719,200,000 674,100,000 634,900,000 523,800,000 586,800,000 454,900,000 426,300,000 426,300,000 392,600,000 398,900,000 393,500,000 348,300,000 373,300,000 360,100,000 393,600,000 444,200,000 367,200,000 448,000,000 481,400,000 403,000,000 386,400,000 520,000,000 537,300,000 581,800,000 540,400,000 418,500,000 438,000,000 478,900,000 550,300,000 558,600,000 935,100,000 931,900,000 867,000,000 685,200,000 716,300,000 698,400,000 
        total noncurrent assets
      36,632,100,000 36,137,500,000 35,233,700,000 35,511,500,000 33,685,300,000 34,665,500,000 33,211,600,000 31,296,900,000 29,864,400,000 28,468,700,000 26,802,000,000 25,575,500,000 23,713,800,000 21,957,200,000 20,909,700,000 21,121,700,000 21,200,300,000 20,641,800,000 18,482,900,000 17,875,300,000 17,392,300,000 17,278,300,000 16,483,600,000 15,775,600,000 14,812,700,000 14,931,900,000 14,324,500,000 14,616,700,000 14,349,300,000 14,052,100,000 14,096,100,000 14,150,500,000 13,114,800,000 12,853,300,000 12,590,500,000 12,506,800,000 12,577,400,000 12,407,400,000 13,738,000,000 13,704,700,000 13,779,600,000 14,481,300,000 14,527,300,000 14,569,200,000 14,379,300,000 14,498,200,000 14,484,300,000 14,976,400,000 14,663,100,000 14,585,100,000 14,411,000,000 14,010,600,000 13,842,000,000 13,830,000,000 13,526,000,000 11,847,800,000 11,612,900,000 11,215,100,000 11,100,900,000    10,472,100,000    10,031,300,000          
        total assets
      41,644,700,000 41,240,700,000 41,059,500,000 41,659,100,000 38,872,900,000 40,017,200,000 39,574,600,000 36,974,300,000 35,921,700,000 34,118,200,000 32,002,500,000 30,929,500,000 29,435,400,000 28,278,300,000 27,192,600,000 27,489,000,000 27,449,700,000 27,125,300,000 26,859,200,000 26,252,100,000 26,158,900,000 26,088,100,000 25,168,500,000 24,782,100,000 19,501,200,000 19,651,600,000 18,942,800,000 19,531,900,000 19,244,500,000 19,142,000,000 19,178,300,000 19,206,000,000 18,511,100,000 18,208,800,000 18,467,200,000 17,853,800,000 17,871,500,000 15,956,200,000 18,055,300,000 17,083,500,000 16,810,800,000 17,260,300,000 17,438,100,000 17,671,500,000 17,493,800,000 17,635,400,000 17,779,100,000 18,316,200,000 17,963,000,000 17,915,200,000 17,850,100,000 17,491,300,000 17,221,200,000 17,393,100,000 16,941,800,000 14,880,900,000 14,955,800,000 14,391,300,000 14,290,700,000 14,451,500,000 13,820,700,000 13,459,700,000 13,505,900,000 12,999,400,000 13,152,600,000 12,914,500,000 13,029,100,000 12,243,500,000 11,878,900,000 12,253,600,000 13,075,900,000 13,228,400,000 13,014,300,000 12,568,800,000 11,878,000,000 11,500,000,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                  
        current liabilities
                                                                                  
        payables and accrued liabilities
      2,856,900,000 3,035,300,000 3,237,700,000 3,368,100,000 3,423,900,000 3,023,700,000 2,926,200,000 3,168,600,000 2,783,000,000 2,717,900,000 2,890,100,000 3,062,200,000 2,489,300,000 2,552,000,000 2,771,600,000 2,544,400,000 2,407,100,000 2,310,600,000 2,218,300,000 2,118,400,000 2,042,200,000 1,962,200,000 1,833,200,000 1,668,500,000 1,649,100,000 1,630,000,000 1,635,700,000 1,543,200,000 1,513,700,000 1,738,300,000 1,817,800,000 1,968,400,000 1,551,600,000 1,609,500,000 1,814,300,000 1,534,300,000 1,490,600,000 1,677,500,000 1,810,600,000 1,778,000,000 1,470,600,000 1,533,500,000 1,662,400,000 1,700,600,000 1,606,900,000 1,585,100,000 1,591,000,000 1,892,300,000 1,859,800,000 1,921,400,000 1,944,900,000 1,811,000,000 1,823,000,000 1,963,900,000 1,927,700,000 1,621,400,000 1,587,700,000 1,482,100,000 1,641,800,000 1,582,700,000 1,460,800,000 1,458,100,000 1,702,000,000 1,415,300,000 1,426,900,000 1,378,500,000 1,660,400,000 1,299,700,000 1,307,100,000 1,578,600,000 1,633,100,000 1,569,500,000 1,502,300,000 1,535,700,000 1,506,600,000 1,483,900,000 
        accrued income taxes
      118,700,000 174,500,000 179,400,000 156,300,000 182,800,000 586,100,000 558,500,000 155,900,000 156,200,000 166,900,000 131,200,000 108,800,000 128,200,000 159,900,000 135,200,000 107,900,000 104,600,000 119,800,000 93,900,000 78,800,000 86,700,000 108,400,000 105,800,000 83,600,000 90,400,000 113,400,000 86,600,000 65,600,000 70,700,000 111,900,000 59,600,000 46,000,000 76,600,000 110,100,000 98,600,000 323,000,000 544,800,000 133,700,000 146,600,000 101,400,000 77,200,000 91,600,000 55,800,000 45,600,000 55,700,000 79,100,000 78,000,000 78,800,000 76,600,000 76,300,000 63,000,000 61,500,000 56,900,000 70,000,000 48,500,000 86,500,000 39,600,000 123,300,000 65,500,000 77,700,000 66,400,000 104,400,000 73,600,000 75,900,000 43,900,000 43,900,000 42,900,000 84,700,000 34,200,000 60,900,000 112,300,000 133,200,000 103,600,000 158,200,000 146,300,000 107,900,000 
        short-term borrowings
      314,400,000 66,700,000 34,700,000 536,200,000 773,200,000 68,200,000 83,500,000 159,100,000 184,300,000 16,400,000 259,500,000 559,100,000 7,000,000 2,200,000 10,700,000 207,300,000 207,200,000 112,900,000 2,400,000 14,300,000 15,400,000 9,200,000 7,700,000 14,300,000 29,000,000 36,500,000 58,200,000 79,900,000 54,100,000 23,000,000 54,300,000 90,400,000 112,500,000 87,100,000 144,000,000 143,400,000 122,300,000 156,100,000 935,800,000 1,043,000,000 1,480,900,000 1,539,400,000 1,494,300,000 1,087,800,000 1,261,000,000 1,283,500,000 1,228,700,000 1,115,200,000 1,061,500,000 1,030,500,000 709,900,000 1,406,000,000 1,239,800,000 835,900,000 633,400,000 370,700,000 353,000,000 267,900,000 562,500,000 430,400,000 662,100,000 320,900,000 286,000,000 341,200,000 344,900,000 269,100,000 333,800,000 385,600,000 592,000,000 570,000,000 341,800,000 692,900,000 463,800,000 810,800,000 390,700,000 648,500,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
      173,500,000 169,800,000 716,300,000 699,000,000 830,700,000 1,131,400,000 611,400,000 990,900,000 937,500,000 218,000,000 615,000,000 217,600,000 173,400,000 562,800,000 548,300,000 547,300,000 486,200,000 86,800,000 484,500,000 485,600,000 873,100,000 906,100,000 470,000,000 824,600,000 38,400,000 39,100,000 40,400,000 466,500,000 434,500,000 430,300,000 406,600,000 5,000,000 11,600,000 11,300,000 416,400,000 416,000,000 420,500,000 873,300,000 371,300,000 715,100,000 763,900,000 407,900,000 435,600,000 84,900,000 157,700,000 54,200,000 65,300,000 69,800,000 112,400,000 117,000,000 507,400,000 76,100,000 96,700,000 92,500,000 74,300,000 50,700,000 506,600,000 463,900,000 72,200,000 13,000,000 22,000,000 53,700,000 182,500,000 480,400,000 530,000,000 444,500,000 452,100,000 3,800,000 53,800,000 4,000,000 41,000,000 47,500,000 96,000,000 218,800,000 218,700,000 165,700,000 
        liabilities held for sale
      49,800,000 51,600,000 50,500,000                                                                          
        total current liabilities
      3,513,300,000 3,497,900,000 4,218,600,000 4,759,600,000 5,210,600,000 4,809,400,000 4,179,600,000 4,474,500,000 4,061,000,000 3,119,200,000 3,895,800,000 3,947,700,000 2,797,900,000 3,276,900,000 3,465,800,000 3,406,900,000 3,205,100,000 2,630,100,000 2,799,100,000 2,697,100,000 3,017,400,000 2,985,900,000 2,416,700,000 2,591,000,000 1,806,900,000 1,819,000,000 1,820,900,000 2,155,200,000 2,073,000,000 2,303,500,000 2,338,300,000 2,109,800,000 1,752,300,000 1,831,600,000 2,489,000,000 2,433,200,000 2,602,300,000 2,929,800,000 3,283,300,000 3,658,900,000 3,839,100,000 3,572,400,000 3,648,100,000 2,918,900,000 3,081,300,000 3,001,900,000 2,963,000,000 3,156,100,000 3,110,300,000 3,145,200,000 3,227,600,000 3,357,700,000 3,221,600,000 2,966,900,000 2,689,900,000 2,135,400,000 2,539,400,000 2,337,200,000 2,342,000,000 2,103,800,000 2,211,300,000 1,937,100,000 2,244,100,000 2,312,800,000 2,345,700,000 2,144,900,000 2,503,600,000 1,792,800,000 1,996,300,000 2,221,900,000 2,128,500,000 2,453,700,000 2,224,600,000 2,723,500,000 2,262,300,000 2,406,000,000 
        long-term debt
      17,086,600,000 17,114,600,000 16,769,900,000 16,411,700,000 14,153,100,000 13,170,500,000 13,428,600,000 12,786,400,000 12,344,600,000 11,715,400,000 9,280,600,000 8,466,500,000 8,271,900,000 6,834,400,000 6,433,800,000 6,348,000,000 6,462,200,000 6,893,100,000 6,875,700,000 6,892,200,000 6,804,600,000 6,779,100,000 7,132,900,000 7,073,200,000 2,922,100,000 2,937,000,000 2,907,300,000 2,951,700,000 2,933,000,000 2,954,400,000 2,967,400,000 3,377,100,000 3,442,400,000 3,414,900,000 3,402,400,000 3,366,600,000 3,300,400,000 3,289,000,000 4,918,100,000 3,925,600,000 3,573,200,000 3,870,500,000 3,949,100,000 4,690,500,000 4,511,500,000 4,751,300,000 4,824,500,000 4,951,000,000 4,993,200,000 5,020,800,000 5,056,300,000 4,648,200,000 4,644,700,000 5,107,300,000 4,584,200,000 3,795,500,000 3,879,800,000 3,884,200,000 3,927,500,000 4,054,300,000 3,711,800,000 3,617,400,000 3,659,800,000 3,366,400,000 3,468,500,000 3,705,100,000 3,715,600,000 3,755,800,000 3,456,600,000 3,595,200,000 3,647,200,000 3,646,400,000 3,415,600,000 2,749,300,000 2,704,500,000 2,336,000,000 
        long-term debt – related party
      183,300,000 180,700,000 177,500,000 47,500,000 100,900,000 100,400,000 104,400,000 96,300,000 155,300,000 157,900,000 150,700,000 148,700,000 688,600,000 658,400,000 652,000,000 483,600,000 285,900,000 285,200,000 274,600,000 274,000,000 311,300,000 312,500,000 297,200,000 285,600,000 323,100,000 328,600,000 320,100,000 321,600,000 369,200,000 360,200,000 384,300,000 398,700,000                                             
        noncurrent operating lease liabilities
      600,100,000 607,000,000 616,000,000 646,600,000 637,400,000 655,100,000 677,900,000 639,300,000 652,100,000 635,100,000 631,100,000 635,500,000 632,300,000 627,400,000                                                               
        other noncurrent liabilities
      1,378,600,000 1,341,500,000 1,348,100,000 1,351,800,000 1,320,900,000 1,348,100,000 1,350,500,000 1,108,700,000 1,092,500,000 1,111,500,000 1,118,000,000 1,144,600,000 1,096,300,000 1,117,700,000 1,691,200,000 1,726,200,000 1,736,800,000 1,731,700,000 1,640,900,000 1,819,000,000 1,840,000,000 1,935,700,000 1,916,000,000 1,866,900,000 1,881,000,000 1,826,700,000 1,712,400,000 1,553,600,000 1,560,500,000 1,551,600,000 1,536,900,000 1,831,800,000 1,923,500,000 1,921,900,000 1,611,900,000 1,910,000,000 1,897,900,000 1,797,300,000 1,873,400,000 1,414,200,000 1,462,800,000 1,487,200,000 1,556,500,000 1,022,500,000 1,042,900,000 1,070,700,000 1,187,500,000 1,153,200,000 1,161,600,000 1,136,200,000 1,164,300,000 1,707,500,000 1,723,500,000 1,752,800,000 1,980,900,000 1,627,200,000 1,453,700,000 1,513,300,000 1,512,400,000 1,425,600,000 1,492,200,000 1,535,700,000 1,569,300,000              
        deferred income taxes
      733,000,000 661,900,000 579,600,000 673,900,000 670,400,000 1,195,000,000 1,159,900,000 1,182,100,000 1,281,300,000 1,250,000,000 1,266,000,000 1,215,800,000 1,258,200,000 1,246,100,000 1,247,400,000 1,308,600,000 1,249,000,000 1,209,600,000 1,180,900,000 1,078,200,000 1,050,800,000 1,003,000,000 962,600,000 942,000,000 844,400,000 810,500,000 793,800,000 823,200,000 805,400,000 768,900,000 775,100,000 678,600,000 699,700,000 719,200,000 778,400,000 634,100,000 650,700,000 679,000,000 767,100,000 904,600,000 882,600,000 831,200,000 903,300,000 1,030,400,000 1,101,800,000 1,019,500,000 995,500,000 858,300,000 826,500,000 831,600,000 827,200,000 714,700,000 715,300,000 723,900,000 670,800,000 675,100,000 651,500,000 599,500,000 570,100,000 470,800,000 406,200,000 392,300,000 335,100,000 473,600,000 440,100,000 371,000,000 357,900,000 591,000,000 707,600,000 605,300,000 623,000,000 614,900,000 735,300,000 766,300,000 773,600,000 791,200,000 
        total noncurrent liabilities
      19,981,600,000 19,905,700,000 19,491,100,000 19,131,500,000 16,882,700,000 16,469,100,000 16,721,300,000 15,812,800,000 15,525,800,000 14,869,900,000 12,446,400,000 11,611,100,000 11,947,300,000 10,484,000,000 10,024,400,000 9,866,400,000 9,733,900,000 10,119,600,000 9,972,100,000 10,063,400,000 10,006,700,000 10,030,300,000 10,308,700,000 10,167,700,000 5,970,600,000 5,902,800,000 5,733,600,000 5,650,100,000 5,668,100,000 5,635,100,000 5,663,700,000 6,286,200,000 6,065,600,000 6,056,000,000 5,792,700,000 5,910,700,000 5,849,000,000 5,765,300,000 7,558,600,000 6,244,400,000 5,918,600,000 6,188,900,000 6,408,900,000 6,743,400,000 6,656,200,000 6,841,500,000 7,007,500,000 6,962,500,000 6,981,300,000 6,988,600,000 7,047,800,000 7,070,400,000 7,083,500,000 7,584,300,000 7,236,100,000 6,098,100,000 6,009,000,000 5,997,000,000 6,010,000,000    5,564,200,000    5,595,500,000          
        total liabilities
      23,494,900,000 23,403,600,000 23,709,700,000 23,891,100,000 22,093,300,000 21,278,500,000 20,900,900,000 20,287,300,000 19,586,800,000 17,989,100,000 16,342,200,000 15,558,800,000 14,745,200,000 13,760,900,000 13,490,200,000 13,273,300,000 12,939,000,000 12,749,700,000 12,771,200,000 12,760,500,000 13,024,100,000 13,016,200,000 12,725,400,000 12,758,700,000 7,777,500,000 7,721,800,000 7,554,500,000 7,805,300,000 7,741,100,000 7,938,600,000 8,002,000,000 8,396,000,000 7,817,900,000 7,887,600,000 8,281,700,000 8,343,900,000 8,451,300,000 8,695,100,000 10,841,900,000 9,903,300,000 9,757,700,000 9,761,300,000 10,057,000,000 9,662,300,000 9,737,500,000 9,843,400,000 9,970,500,000 10,118,600,000 10,091,600,000 10,133,800,000 10,275,400,000 10,428,100,000 10,305,100,000 10,551,200,000 9,926,000,000 8,233,500,000 8,548,400,000 8,334,200,000 8,352,000,000 8,054,500,000 7,821,500,000 7,482,500,000 7,808,300,000 7,627,500,000 7,734,300,000 7,730,400,000 8,099,100,000 7,180,600,000 7,114,100,000 7,389,600,000 7,391,700,000 7,586,700,000 7,227,800,000 6,936,500,000 6,423,100,000 6,199,700,000 
        commitments and contingencies - see note 12
                                                                                  
        air products shareholders’ equity
                                                                                  
        common stock
      249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 249,400,000 
        capital in excess of par value
      1,317,200,000 1,305,600,000 1,306,500,000 1,302,100,000 1,291,400,000 1,260,900,000 1,253,200,000 1,238,100,000 1,215,700,000 1,200,000,000 1,190,500,000 1,176,900,000 1,163,400,000 1,148,400,000 1,141,400,000 1,130,800,000 1,120,800,000 1,112,000,000 1,115,800,000 1,105,200,000 1,094,400,000 1,083,000,000 1,094,800,000 1,084,800,000 1,074,600,000 1,061,700,000 1,070,900,000 1,059,900,000 1,047,700,000 1,030,400,000 1,029,300,000 1,020,000,000 1,011,300,000 998,100,000 1,001,100,000 986,400,000 975,500,000 967,500,000 970,000,000 935,400,000 919,600,000 901,900,000 904,700,000 889,300,000 877,700,000 852,800,000 842,000,000 828,800,000 813,200,000 805,000,000 799,200,000 802,500,000 799,000,000 792,300,000 810,500,000 807,400,000 800,200,000 794,800,000 805,600,000 800,100,000 793,700,000 784,900,000 802,200,000 803,000,000 820,700,000 809,700,000 822,900,000 821,600,000 812,200,000 808,300,000 794,900,000 789,600,000 770,200,000 733,600,000 717,800,000 695,400,000 
        retained earnings
      18,144,200,000 17,838,000,000 17,558,600,000 17,952,900,000 17,637,300,000 19,767,300,000 19,545,700,000 17,989,900,000 17,690,000,000 17,510,000,000 17,289,700,000 16,986,900,000 16,781,300,000 16,731,400,000 16,520,300,000 16,297,900,000 16,075,900,000 15,905,200,000 15,678,300,000 15,400,200,000 15,200,000,000 15,060,500,000 14,875,700,000 14,686,600,000 14,537,200,000 14,356,900,000 14,138,400,000 13,891,900,000 13,662,000,000 13,497,900,000 13,409,900,000 13,200,200,000 12,966,500,000 12,792,300,000 12,846,600,000 12,584,200,000 12,692,500,000 10,771,700,000 10,475,500,000 10,268,700,000 10,108,800,000 10,768,700,000 10,580,400,000 10,411,100,000 10,267,200,000 10,152,000,000 9,993,200,000 10,053,500,000 9,904,400,000 9,785,400,000 9,646,400,000 9,660,100,000 9,521,400,000 9,379,700,000 9,234,500,000 9,232,600,000 8,882,600,000 8,723,800,000 8,599,500,000 8,397,400,000 8,195,200,000 8,014,600,000 7,852,200,000 7,685,500,000 7,537,000,000 7,389,800,000 7,234,600,000 7,086,600,000 7,068,700,000 6,957,700,000 6,821,000,000 6,846,000,000 6,625,500,000 6,247,600,000 6,054,400,000 5,901,400,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -2,057,500,000 -1,977,100,000 -2,087,800,000 -1,969,800,000 -2,477,700,000 -2,586,200,000 -2,027,700,000 -2,391,100,000 -2,275,900,000 -2,120,300,000 -2,449,400,000 -2,304,800,000 -2,163,300,000 -2,218,300,000 -2,786,100,000 -2,050,600,000 -1,505,600,000 -1,452,300,000 -1,515,900,000 -1,681,900,000 -1,824,400,000 -1,713,300,000 -2,140,100,000 -2,353,100,000 -2,478,200,000 -2,088,600,000  -1,781,400,000 -1,744,800,000 -1,811,200,000  -1,877,800,000 -1,535,300,000 -1,695,600,000  -2,217,100,000 -2,393,700,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,388,300,000 -2,125,700,000 -2,046,700,000 -2,208,600,000 -2,125,900,000 -1,578,400,000 -1,662,100,000 -1,470,600,000 -1,241,900,000 -924,500,000 -1,034,600,000 -966,900,000 -1,020,600,000 -1,433,300,000 -1,377,100,000 -1,245,400,000 -1,348,800,000 -1,253,800,000 -1,128,100,000 -1,275,600,000 -1,253,400,000            -51,100,000 -47,100,000 -82,900,000    
        treasury stock
      -2,003,400,000 -2,004,600,000 -2,001,800,000 -1,997,100,000 -1,997,000,000 -1,999,100,000 -1,984,100,000 -1,985,000,000 -1,965,800,000 -1,966,100,000 -1,967,300,000 -1,970,400,000 -1,972,500,000 -1,975,200,000 -1,981,000,000 -1,983,600,000 -1,985,400,000 -1,989,200,000 -1,987,900,000 -1,990,000,000 -1,993,200,000 -1,996,000,000 -2,000,000,000 -2,008,400,000 -2,011,100,000 -2,023,400,000  -2,033,700,000 -2,048,600,000 -2,083,600,000  -2,105,800,000 -2,111,100,000 -2,128,900,000  -2,190,500,000 -2,206,300,000 -2,215,400,000 -2,227,000,000 -2,282,400,000 -2,314,500,000 -2,344,300,000 -2,359,600,000 -2,385,400,000 -2,399,700,000 -2,432,100,000 -2,476,900,000 -2,510,500,000 -2,561,500,000 -2,608,900,000 -2,632,300,000 -2,737,900,000 -2,827,200,000 -2,876,700,000 -2,468,400,000 -2,522,000,000 -2,541,400,000 -2,583,400,000 -2,605,300,000 -2,349,300,000 -2,430,900,000 -2,131,600,000 -2,197,500,000  -2,287,100,000 -2,299,800,000 -2,353,200,000 -2,425,700,000 -2,441,200,000 -2,454,000,000 -2,245,500,000 -2,313,600,000 -1,959,200,000 -1,711,900,000 -1,642,400,000 -1,607,600,000 
        total air products shareholders’ equity
      15,649,900,000 15,411,300,000  15,537,500,000 14,703,400,000 16,692,300,000  15,101,300,000 14,913,400,000 14,873,000,000  14,138,000,000 14,058,300,000 13,935,700,000  13,643,900,000 13,955,100,000 13,825,100,000  13,082,900,000 12,726,200,000 12,683,600,000  11,659,300,000 11,371,900,000 11,556,000,000  11,386,100,000 11,165,700,000 10,882,900,000  10,486,000,000 10,580,800,000 10,215,300,000  9,412,400,000 9,317,400,000 7,161,500,000 7,079,600,000 7,045,400,000 6,916,600,000 7,367,100,000 7,249,000,000 7,586,000,000 7,332,500,000 7,351,500,000 7,365,800,000 7,696,700,000 7,370,900,000 7,264,000,000 7,042,100,000 6,540,800,000 6,365,500,000 6,299,300,000 6,477,200,000 6,513,600,000 6,262,700,000 5,909,000,000 5,795,800,000 6,232,200,000 5,825,200,000 5,810,000,000 5,546,900,000 5,231,400,000 5,265,600,000 5,033,900,000           
        noncontrolling interests
      2,499,900,000 2,425,800,000 2,324,900,000 2,230,500,000 2,076,200,000 2,046,400,000 1,637,200,000 1,585,700,000 1,421,500,000 1,256,100,000 1,347,400,000 1,232,700,000 631,900,000 581,700,000 558,400,000 571,800,000 555,600,000 550,500,000 548,300,000 408,700,000 408,600,000 388,300,000 363,300,000 364,100,000 351,800,000 373,800,000 334,700,000 340,500,000 337,700,000 320,500,000 318,800,000 324,000,000 112,400,000 105,900,000 99,300,000 97,500,000 102,800,000 99,600,000 133,800,000 134,800,000 136,500,000 131,900,000 132,100,000 145,300,000 143,800,000 151,800,000 155,600,000 159,500,000 156,900,000 158,700,000 156,800,000 150,600,000 151,900,000 151,900,000 146,100,000 133,800,000 144,700,000 148,100,000 142,900,000 164,800,000 174,000,000 167,200,000 150,700,000 140,500,000 152,700,000 150,200,000           
        total equity
      18,149,800,000 17,837,100,000 17,349,800,000 17,768,000,000 16,779,600,000 18,738,700,000 18,673,700,000 16,687,000,000 16,334,900,000 16,129,100,000 15,660,300,000 15,370,700,000 14,690,200,000 14,517,400,000 13,702,400,000 14,215,700,000 14,510,700,000 14,375,600,000 14,088,000,000 13,491,600,000 13,134,800,000 13,071,900,000 12,443,100,000 12,023,400,000 11,723,700,000 11,929,800,000 11,388,300,000 11,726,600,000 11,503,400,000 11,203,400,000 11,176,300,000 10,810,000,000 10,693,200,000 10,321,200,000 10,185,500,000 9,509,900,000 9,420,200,000 7,261,100,000 7,213,400,000 7,180,200,000 7,053,100,000 7,499,000,000 7,381,100,000 7,731,300,000 7,476,300,000 7,503,300,000 7,521,400,000 7,856,200,000 7,527,800,000 7,422,700,000 7,198,900,000 6,691,400,000 6,517,400,000 6,451,200,000 6,623,300,000 6,647,400,000 6,407,400,000 6,057,100,000 5,938,700,000 6,397,000,000 5,999,200,000 5,977,200,000 5,697,600,000 5,371,900,000 5,418,300,000 5,184,100,000           
        total liabilities and equity
      41,644,700,000 41,240,700,000 41,059,500,000 41,659,100,000 38,872,900,000 40,017,200,000 39,574,600,000 36,974,300,000 35,921,700,000 34,118,200,000 32,002,500,000 30,929,500,000 29,435,400,000 28,278,300,000 27,192,600,000 27,489,000,000 27,449,700,000 27,125,300,000 26,859,200,000 26,252,100,000 26,158,900,000 26,088,100,000 25,168,500,000 24,782,100,000 19,501,200,000 19,651,600,000 18,942,800,000 19,531,900,000 19,244,500,000 19,142,000,000 19,178,300,000 19,206,000,000 18,511,100,000 18,208,800,000 18,467,200,000 17,853,800,000 17,871,500,000 15,956,200,000 18,055,300,000 17,083,500,000 16,810,800,000 17,260,300,000 17,438,100,000 17,671,500,000 17,493,800,000 17,635,400,000 17,779,100,000 18,316,200,000 17,963,000,000 17,915,200,000 17,850,100,000 17,491,300,000 17,221,200,000 17,393,100,000 16,941,800,000 14,880,900,000 14,955,800,000 14,391,300,000 14,290,700,000 14,451,500,000 13,820,700,000 13,459,700,000 13,505,900,000 12,999,400,000 13,152,600,000 12,914,500,000           
        commitments and contingencies - see note 11
                                                                                  
        short-term investments
          111,400,000 117,500,000 5,000,000 61,800,000 102,800,000 271,800,000 332,200,000 268,700,000 271,300,000 19,600,000 590,700,000 357,600,000 848,900,000 728,600,000 1,331,900,000 1,524,900,000 409,200,000 412,000,000 1,104,900,000 2,515,700,000   166,000,000  2,600,000 12,300,000 184,700,000 7,300,000 137,000,000 407,100,000 404,000,000 1,016,100,000 1,423,200,000                                        
        commitments and contingencies - see note 19
                                                                                  
        total air products shareholders' equity
        15,024,900,000    17,036,500,000    14,312,900,000    13,144,000,000    13,539,700,000    12,079,800,000    11,053,600,000    10,857,500,000    10,086,200,000                                          
        commitments and contingencies - see note 14
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies - see note 10
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies - see note 18
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies - see note 13
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies - see note 16
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies - see note 17
                                                                                  
        noncurrent capital lease receivables
                                890,000,000 938,400,000 974,700,000 985,900,000 1,013,300,000 1,058,200,000 1,128,500,000 1,126,000,000 1,131,800,000 1,139,300,000 1,147,900,000 1,162,600,000 1,221,700,000 1,245,600,000 1,291,500,000 1,319,400,000 1,350,200,000 1,375,100,000 1,373,900,000 1,397,600,000 1,414,900,000 1,436,600,000 1,439,600,000 1,478,100,000 1,476,900,000 1,441,900,000 1,429,400,000 1,411,900,000 1,328,900,000 1,250,100,000 1,166,500,000 1,106,700,000 1,042,800,000 948,100,000 882,400,000 810,700,000 770,400,000 738,100,000 747,500,000 717,700,000 687,000,000 569,400,000 527,100,000 519,000,000       
        contracts in progress, less progress billings
                                    77,500,000 93,900,000 98,500,000 85,400,000 84,800,000 83,300,000 68,800,000 84,600,000 81,600,000 110,900,000 144,600,000 129,100,000 110,800,000 149,000,000 159,300,000 143,000,000 155,400,000 157,500,000 134,700,000 152,000,000 182,300,000 166,200,000 229,300,000 214,300,000 190,800,000 162,700,000 149,800,000 155,900,000 146,700,000 145,300,000 123,000,000 153,700,000 163,600,000 120,600,000 111,100,000 132,200,000 132,300,000 115,300,000 123,700,000 143,900,000 180,700,000 170,600,000 214,900,000 218,600,000 186,600,000 144,200,000 
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                       10,200,000 10,200,000 9,800,000 9,800,000 860,200,000 19,400,000 18,800,000 20,400,000          2,500,000 8,400,000 13,100,000 13,500,000 15,600,000 15,900,000 317,300,000         4,200,000 5,000,000 15,500,000 45,400,000 49,000,000 3,000,000 23,700,000 108,500,000    
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                       13,600,000 15,700,000 16,500,000 24,100,000 89,200,000 19,000,000 21,400,000 46,500,000          2,400,000 3,100,000 5,200,000 4,600,000 6,000,000 6,100,000 52,500,000         8,900,000 14,400,000 19,000,000 9,200,000 8,400,000 300,000 10,600,000 58,900,000    
        commitments and contingencies – see note 17
                                                                                  
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
                                                         19,400,000 22,300,000 25,000,000 27,200,000 25,700,000 275,000,000           4,400,000 12,300,000 10,400,000  19,100,000 272,600,000    
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                           300,000 200,000 300,000 24,000,000           300,000 800,000 1,000,000   9,600,000    
        commitments and contingencies – see note 11
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies – see note 13
                                                                                  
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                 277,900,000 280,000,000 288,700,000 287,200,000 341,400,000 343,600,000 358,700,000 375,800,000 371,800,000 398,700,000 390,700,000 392,500,000                      
        commitments and contingencies – see note 12
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies—see note 16
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies – see note 10
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies—see note 17
                                                                                  
        trade receivables, less allowances for doubtful accounts
                                                                 1,649,800,000 1,606,100,000 1,485,700,000  1,416,400,000 1,458,800,000 1,377,800,000  1,332,600,000 1,272,200,000 1,416,400,000 1,826,700,000 1,798,400,000 1,667,500,000 1,735,200,000 1,658,000,000 1,618,100,000 
        investments in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates
                                                                 1,035,600,000                 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                 -865,400,000 -982,200,000 -1,107,300,000 -1,159,400,000  -1,054,400,000 -1,115,200,000 -1,161,800,000 -803,600,000 -1,051,000,000 -835,300,000    -62,400,000 -102,700,000 -127,100,000 
        trade receivables, less allowances for doubtful accounts of 99.3 in 2010 and 65.0 in 2009
                                                                    1,481,900,000              
        deferred income and other noncurrent liabilities
                                                                     1,474,700,000 1,480,000,000 1,509,400,000 1,522,000,000          
        equity
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies — see note 12
                                                                                  
        commitments and contingencies — see note 10
                                                                                  
        trade receivables, less allowances for doubtful accounts of 65.0 in 2009 and 36.1 in 2008
                                                                        1,363,200,000          
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                  
        minority interest in subsidiary companies
                                                                        138,100,000 134,600,000 126,700,000 137,900,000 115,500,000 117,400,000 99,300,000 176,000,000 178,400,000 188,800,000 
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                  
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                        4,791,900,000 4,928,300,000 4,638,100,000 4,726,100,000 5,568,700,000 5,524,300,000 5,603,000,000 5,456,300,000 5,276,500,000 5,111,500,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                        13,029,100,000 12,243,500,000 11,878,900,000 12,253,600,000 13,075,900,000 13,228,400,000 13,014,300,000 12,568,800,000 11,878,000,000 11,500,000,000 
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                         8,579,700,000 8,235,300,000 8,324,700,000 8,656,200,000 8,532,600,000 8,209,900,000 8,085,200,000 7,862,900,000 7,664,800,000 
        deferred income & other noncurrent liabilities
                                                                         1,040,700,000 952,800,000 966,200,000 993,000,000 871,700,000 842,700,000 697,400,000 682,700,000 666,500,000 
        commitments and contingencies — see note 10 shareholders’ equity
                                                                                  
        minority interest of discontinued operations
                                                                              84,200,000    
        total minority interest
                                                                            115,500,000 117,400,000 183,500,000    
        commitments and contingencies — see note 9
                                                                                  
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-06-30 
                                                                                
          operating activities
                                                                                
          net income
        724,800,000 691,400,000 10,100,000 723,200,000 -1,737,500,000 649,800,000 1,951,000,000 708,900,000 580,900,000 621,600,000 694,400,000 610,500,000 449,900,000 583,800,000 593,000,000 587,100,000 536,800,000 549,600,000 618,800,000 532,300,000 477,100,000 486,700,000 494,700,000 457,100,000 490,400,000 488,900,000 518,700,000 500,200,000 433,500,000 357,000,000 459,700,000 487,900,000 423,600,000 161,700,000 475,000,000 104,100,000 2,135,700,000 306,400,000 400,900,000 354,100,000 -465,500,000 372,000,000 350,000,000 333,200,000 296,900,000 337,500,000 79,000,000 323,500,000 291,500,000 299,100,000 147,300,000 298,400,000 299,600,000 287,200,000 142,300,000 492,500,000 302,200,000 256,300,000 339,100,000 335,000,000 311,500,000 275,900,000 278,000,000 256,800,000 243,900,000 113,200,000 205,600,000 68,600,000 70,100,000 314,300,000 263,700,000 284,900,000 
          less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
        14,400,000 13,200,000   -6,900,000 32,400,000  12,300,000 8,500,000 12,300,000  14,900,000 10,100,000 11,600,000            13,300,000             6,900,000 7,300,000 7,800,000 8,400,000 5,500,000 14,400,000 6,900,000 12,900,000 -25,000,000 9,500,000 8,000,000 8,900,000 10,200,000 10,000,000 9,200,000 8,900,000 3,600,000 8,000,000 6,200,000 8,200,000 14,300,000 8,500,000 7,200,000 7,300,000 5,900,000 5,000,000         
          net income attributable to air products
        710,400,000 678,200,000 4,900,000 713,800,000 -1,730,600,000 617,400,000 1,949,900,000 696,600,000 572,400,000 609,300,000 692,600,000 595,600,000 439,800,000 572,200,000 583,100,000 582,100,000 530,500,000 560,400,000 610,400,000 533,600,000 473,100,000 482,000,000 486,800,000 446,500,000 477,800,000 475,600,000 503,200,000 488,000,000 421,300,000 347,500,000 452,900,000 473,900,000 416,400,000 154,600,000 468,700,000 101,900,000 2,130,000,000 299,800,000 394,000,000 346,800,000 -473,300,000 363,600,000 344,500,000 318,800,000 290,000,000 324,600,000 104,000,000 314,000,000 283,500,000 290,200,000 137,100,000 288,400,000 290,400,000 278,300,000 138,700,000 484,500,000 296,000,000 248,100,000 324,800,000 326,500,000 304,300,000 268,600,000 272,100,000 251,800,000         
          adjustments to reconcile income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          depreciation and amortization
        375,000,000 370,700,000 412,800,000 401,000,000 383,600,000 366,800,000 380,800,000 360,300,000 360,800,000 349,200,000 357,300,000 339,900,000 339,600,000 321,500,000 332,800,000 337,200,000 335,900,000 332,300,000 332,600,000 335,700,000 329,300,000 323,700,000 310,500,000 290,600,000 294,700,000 289,200,000 293,600,000 269,100,000 262,100,000 258,000,000 257,200,000 245,600,000 240,000,000 227,900,000 231,000,000 216,900,000 211,800,000 206,100,000 230,500,000 230,600,000 232,100,000 232,700,000 234,600,000 233,000,000 233,300,000 235,500,000 254,600,000 239,000,000 229,100,000 234,200,000 232,600,000 229,700,000 226,200,000 218,500,000 220,300,000 212,200,000 195,800,000 212,500,000 216,600,000 222,200,000 217,500,000 217,600,000 214,600,000 217,100,000 225,500,000 217,100,000 197,100,000 200,600,000 226,600,000 224,100,000 218,000,000 212,900,000 
          deferred income taxes
        47,400,000 78,200,000 -57,600,000 42,900,000 -533,800,000 -6,300,000 5,000,000 -81,200,000 -6,600,000 13,500,000 -10,600,000 -43,100,000 15,200,000 13,800,000 -36,700,000 17,700,000 35,600,000 15,700,000 7,000,000 10,900,000 28,500,000 47,600,000 5,000,000 105,000,000 30,600,000 24,400,000 19,800,000 10,300,000 28,500,000 -1,000,000  7,500,000 -17,700,000 -76,700,000 40,100,000 -9,500,000 -45,000,000 -23,600,000 -17,500,000 -6,600,000 44,100,000 42,900,000 -15,600,000 -35,000,000 27,300,000 26,200,000 55,700,000 33,400,000 3,400,000 33,000,000 4,400,000 -24,400,000 -4,600,000 37,400,000 -47,900,000 60,000,000 26,800,000 26,300,000 111,500,000 12,100,000 64,400,000 -2,300,000 15,500,000 115,300,000 -10,700,000 -83,400,000 42,400,000 -600,000 -104,200,000 13,800,000 20,800,000 -10,800,000 
          tax reform repatriation
                                3,200,000 46,200,000 -69,700,000 310,300,000                                       
          business and asset actions
        22,000,000 795,000,000 24,100,000     59,000,000                                                             
          undistributed earnings of equity method investments
        -6,200,000 -28,500,000 -132,000,000 -8,400,000 -81,000,000 -48,400,000  -5,900,000   -131,100,000 -52,000,000   -29,900,000 16,000,000 -83,500,000 -117,300,000 -60,400,000 -19,100,000 -47,900,000 -10,800,000                                                   
          gain on sale of assets and investments
        -1,800,000 -2,200,000 -19,500,000 -34,600,000 -2,200,000 -10,100,000 -8,100,000 -5,100,000 -16,800,000 -1,400,000 -10,600,000 -1,300,000 -1,600,000 -2,300,000 -2,700,000 -9,600,000 -11,000,000 -800,000 -6,900,000 -4,100,000 -25,100,000 -1,100,000 -8,900,000 3,600,000 -39,400,000 -1,100,000  -15,200,000 -1,600,000 -700,000  -2,800,000 -1,800,000 -600,000 -16,400,000 -1,400,000 -1,500,000 -5,000,000                 -2,600,000 -700,000 -200,000 -4,900,000          1,900,000   -6,200,000 -6,700,000 
          share-based compensation
        15,900,000 10,600,000 10,700,000 11,000,000 38,300,000 16,400,000 15,600,000 17,700,000 14,700,000 13,800,000 14,100,000 14,600,000 15,100,000 16,100,000 11,400,000 10,500,000 10,700,000 15,800,000 9,900,000 12,200,000 12,600,000 9,800,000 14,100,000 12,500,000 13,000,000 13,900,000 10,200,000 9,800,000 11,900,000 9,300,000 8,400,000 7,900,000 10,700,000 11,800,000 12,500,000 8,900,000 9,500,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 9,100,000 9,300,000 10,200,000 8,400,000 12,500,000 12,900,000 11,900,000 11,500,000 9,100,000 11,600,000 11,800,000 10,500,000 10,600,000 12,300,000 10,100,000 7,600,000 8,800,000 15,600,000 11,800,000 11,700,000 11,200,000 11,700,000 10,200,000 12,000,000 7,700,000 15,300,000 15,000,000 12,600,000 17,500,000 14,100,000 15,900,000 17,100,000 17,800,000 
          noncurrent lease receivables
        12,100,000 12,000,000 12,400,000 12,100,000 13,000,000 15,000,000 57,000,000 19,000,000 20,200,000 20,000,000 18,700,000 21,400,000 20,100,000 19,400,000 28,500,000 21,600,000 22,100,000 21,800,000 20,500,000 34,900,000 21,500,000 21,900,000 22,500,000 22,000,000 23,600,000 23,500,000                                               
          other adjustments
        7,100,000 -25,200,000 16,600,000 119,200,000 34,800,000 -122,600,000 147,400,000 9,900,000 -6,800,000 33,300,000 -255,300,000 81,400,000 -28,100,000 99,000,000 -165,700,000 -38,200,000 -51,600,000 -49,400,000 -89,900,000 -20,300,000 -25,800,000 19,300,000 8,800,000 53,600,000 23,200,000 30,800,000  2,800,000 -16,200,000 12,700,000 154,800,000 -67,900,000 39,400,000 5,300,000 54,700,000 76,700,000 23,300,000 10,700,000 71,600,000 68,600,000 57,000,000 -42,000,000 115,100,000 -4,300,000 1,900,000 -60,500,000 -41,800,000 27,800,000 60,800,000 14,200,000 -238,100,000 68,800,000 32,100,000 60,800,000 75,900,000 500,000 30,200,000 17,900,000 10,300,000 7,700,000 22,100,000 29,600,000 -44,500,000 30,100,000 30,700,000 46,800,000       
          working capital changes that provided (used) cash, excluding effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                
          trade receivables
        -23,600,000 6,100,000 55,100,000 -24,500,000 -19,100,000 -47,800,000 -100,600,000 -41,300,000 19,100,000 11,800,000 179,900,000 -211,200,000 121,600,000 40,400,000 -85,500,000 -186,600,000 -70,400,000 -132,700,000 -46,200,000 -9,500,000 -30,700,000 -44,100,000 149,400,000 5,700,000 -112,800,000 900,000  -84,100,000 18,200,000 -73,600,000  -20,300,000 4,000,000 -34,200,000 -47,900,000 28,100,000 -96,100,000 42,300,000 126,700,000 -221,600,000 -63,900,000 97,100,000 -4,100,000 -49,200,000 1,300,000 22,300,000 74,400,000 4,900,000 -64,300,000 -17,700,000 93,700,000 -106,700,000 -33,200,000 51,000,000 16,800,000 -58,000,000 -41,700,000 27,800,000 2,000,000 -23,500,000 -70,500,000 -11,500,000 8,800,000 -27,000,000 -1,000,000 -6,300,000 64,600,000 101,700,000 -38,000,000 -85,200,000 -77,400,000 -42,000,000 
          inventories
        16,000,000 -11,000,000 -200,000 -11,200,000 -30,800,000 6,400,000 -26,800,000 -38,300,000 -24,100,000 -48,600,000 4,100,000 -21,200,000 -9,500,000 -102,800,000 -13,500,000 -23,500,000 -23,600,000 -33,700,000 -10,800,000 -11,000,000 -15,500,000 -9,900,000 20,100,000 -8,800,000 -8,100,000 -8,400,000  700,000 -3,800,000 -10,400,000  10,500,000 13,900,000 -8,400,000 -38,400,000 24,100,000 10,800,000 9,900,000 -6,900,000 29,300,000 24,500,000 -14,000,000 5,900,000 16,400,000 2,000,000 -16,000,000 -36,100,000 -21,000,000 21,700,000 11,900,000 6,500,000 15,400,000 10,600,000 42,500,000 20,100,000 1,100,000 3,400,000 -23,300,000 -57,900,000 -28,700,000 -5,000,000 -10,200,000 -56,400,000 -18,100,000 -6,900,000 30,900,000 12,000,000 -53,700,000 -3,500,000 -8,600,000 -27,300,000 1,900,000 
          other receivables
        5,600,000 -27,800,000 109,900,000 -109,300,000 -2,500,000 9,000,000 -48,000,000 114,000,000 32,900,000 -64,500,000 4,700,000 -35,500,000 -56,300,000 -6,700,000 21,000,000 -36,600,000 -200,000 14,000,000 21,900,000 37,900,000 45,800,000 -30,100,000 107,600,000 -22,500,000 -2,100,000 1,400,000 9,200,000 21,000,000 39,300,000 10,300,000 27,700,000 72,700,000 -600,000 23,800,000 44,700,000 -38,400,000 125,600,000 -7,200,000 61,900,000 -16,700,000 -33,700,000 -23,700,000 101,600,000 22,900,000 -47,900,000 -27,300,000 -29,900,000 600,000 -2,800,000 -900,000 -11,100,000 -10,200,000 8,700,000 -64,400,000 -26,900,000 -5,600,000 6,000,000 8,200,000 11,200,000 -8,000,000 -600,000 11,600,000  11,800,000 -28,000,000 33,800,000 56,500,000 -74,200,000     
          payables and accrued liabilities
        -55,100,000 -191,300,000 -8,900,000 -167,400,000 -78,200,000 30,500,000 -163,600,000 125,900,000 -32,500,000 -268,500,000 162,100,000 75,900,000 -193,700,000 -257,600,000 212,400,000 197,000,000 -44,500,000 167,600,000 48,100,000 4,100,000 111,500,000 24,200,000 152,800,000 -72,900,000 3,600,000 -115,400,000  30,700,000 -70,100,000 -55,400,000  95,500,000 -146,900,000 -113,500,000 263,700,000 78,700,000 -189,000,000 10,400,000 24,400,000 259,100,000 -113,100,000 -113,400,000 -21,100,000 107,100,000 66,800,000 5,000,000 -109,200,000 4,400,000 -64,800,000 -65,200,000 9,500,000 10,500,000 -157,600,000 7,300,000 219,700,000 24,100,000 64,100,000 -58,200,000 135,200,000 66,300,000 -4,600,000 -229,300,000 22,300,000 -289,900,000 30,400,000 -55,600,000 -214,700,000 -42,900,000 -1,300,000 12,700,000 -85,900,000 -24,200,000 
          other working capital
        900,000 8,900,000 62,000,000 -53,600,000 -556,400,000 -14,600,000 392,000,000 89,800,000 -111,900,000 200,000 -16,200,000 21,900,000 -113,800,000 -10,900,000 41,100,000 20,600,000 -130,200,000 -8,500,000 41,900,000 31,500,000 -94,900,000 -47,500,000 33,700,000 -51,200,000 -71,500,000 -41,600,000 17,900,000 -13,100,000 -53,600,000 57,500,000  -23,700,000 7,800,000 5,500,000 -104,000,000 1,400,000 -83,000,000 31,600,000 -61,300,000 17,300,000 -34,000,000 20,600,000 1,600,000 35,400,000 -56,700,000 15,400,000 41,700,000 -27,400,000 23,400,000 15,200,000 -44,200,000 -24,000,000 20,100,000 -16,000,000 -64,400,000 126,500,000 -142,400,000 45,700,000 15,900,000 8,300,000 -56,000,000 34,000,000 44,300,000 -76,100,000 111,900,000 99,100,000       
          cash from operating activities
        1,103,700,000 900,700,000 1,261,200,000 855,800,000 328,100,000 811,700,000 957,000,000 1,261,400,000 801,700,000 626,600,000 1,002,300,000 845,400,000 638,700,000 719,300,000 957,400,000 908,200,000 519,800,000 785,200,000 826,300,000 928,600,000 805,600,000 774,700,000 1,251,500,000 774,700,000 571,500,000 667,000,000 966,500,000 717,600,000 630,600,000 655,200,000 691,400,000 753,200,000 546,000,000 564,100,000 920,700,000 752,200,000 286,900,000 574,300,000 873,100,000 746,800,000 514,000,000 573,500,000 779,900,000 690,700,000 480,600,000 486,600,000 602,400,000 559,300,000 478,500,000 546,200,000 501,900,000 453,000,000 319,800,000 278,400,000 520,500,000 513,400,000 300,500,000 430,700,000 624,500,000 502,000,000 290,100,000 336,600,000 489,200,000 193,900,000 465,700,000 403,500,000 254,500,000 199,200,000 472,700,000 266,000,000 368,000,000 425,100,000 
          capital expenditures
          free cash flows
        1,103,700,000 900,700,000 1,261,200,000 855,800,000 328,100,000 811,700,000 957,000,000 1,261,400,000 801,700,000 626,600,000 1,002,300,000 845,400,000 638,700,000 719,300,000 957,400,000 908,200,000 519,800,000 785,200,000 826,300,000 928,600,000 805,600,000 774,700,000 1,251,500,000 774,700,000 571,500,000 667,000,000 966,500,000 717,600,000 630,600,000 655,200,000 691,400,000 753,200,000 546,000,000 564,100,000 920,700,000 752,200,000 286,900,000 574,300,000 873,100,000 746,800,000 514,000,000 573,500,000 779,900,000 690,700,000 480,600,000 486,600,000 602,400,000 559,300,000 478,500,000 546,200,000 501,900,000 453,000,000 319,800,000 278,400,000 520,500,000 513,400,000 300,500,000 430,700,000 624,500,000 502,000,000 290,100,000 336,600,000 489,200,000 193,900,000 465,700,000 403,500,000 254,500,000 199,200,000 472,700,000 266,000,000 368,000,000 425,100,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                
          additions to plant and equipment, including long-term deposits
        -1,107,600,000 -1,251,200,000 -1,517,700,000 -1,495,800,000 -1,891,500,000 -2,117,600,000 -2,075,200,000 -1,606,600,000 -1,669,400,000 -1,445,500,000 -1,462,900,000 -1,322,400,000 -1,006,900,000 -834,200,000 -787,400,000 -705,500,000 -769,800,000 -663,800,000 -616,400,000 -620,000,000 -563,600,000 -664,200,000 -463,800,000                                                  
          investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates
        -20,000,000                                                                       
          investments in financing receivables
                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of assets and investments
        22,900,000 26,100,000 60,400,000 148,900,000 2,100,000 34,400,000 1,852,500,000 6,100,000 16,000,000 4,200,000 12,100,000 6,100,000 3,200,000 4,000,000 13,400,000 7,500,000 24,200,000 1,100,000 7,500,000 15,200,000 12,200,000 2,600,000 6,000,000 6,300,000 52,800,000 15,200,000 2,300,000 5,000,000 2,700,000 1,100,000 3,000,000 11,400,000 23,800,000 10,600,000 21,800,000 7,200,000 2,100,000 11,400,000 8,900,000 6,000,000 23,400,000 47,200,000 40,200,000 4,300,000 7,100,000 3,700,000 11,600,000 22,800,000 5,700,000 5,500,000 27,400,000 19,000,000 3,600,000 2,800,000 39,000,000 1,000,000 600,000 11,900,000 19,300,000 11,000,000 18,100,000 33,200,000 19,800,000 13,100,000 27,800,000 5,100,000 6,100,000 18,900,000 4,300,000 5,500,000 9,000,000 29,600,000 
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                               
          proceeds from short-term investments
                                                                               
          proceeds from other investing activities
        8,800,000 2,200,000                                                                       
          cash from investing activities
        -1,075,900,000 -1,242,900,000 -1,487,700,000 -1,261,600,000 -2,237,300,000 -2,182,100,000 -145,400,000 -1,547,800,000 -1,560,400,000 -1,665,600,000 -1,516,600,000 -1,923,800,000 -2,219,800,000 -256,200,000 -1,013,100,000 -208,300,000 -916,700,000 -1,719,100,000 -414,900,000 -1,734,800,000 -601,400,000 18,200,000 770,900,000 -3,624,500,000 -445,700,000 -260,700,000  -553,400,000 -655,600,000 -226,500,000 1,057,500,000 -494,000,000 -60,000,000 -484,900,000 393,100,000 141,600,000 -1,714,300,000 -238,100,000 -249,600,000 -255,700,000 -165,300,000 -301,400,000 -360,700,000 -399,200,000 -376,600,000 -463,200,000 -407,900,000 -438,700,000 -405,800,000 -385,600,000 -478,800,000 -516,000,000 -346,400,000 -355,800,000 -993,900,000 -677,700,000 -406,600,000 -357,000,000 -361,000,000 -370,700,000 -203,700,000 -276,800,000 -248,600,000 -275,400,000 -261,500,000 -228,000,000 -245,600,000 -305,300,000 -270,700,000 -253,400,000 -400,100,000 -730,500,000 
          financing activities
                                                                                
          long-term debt proceeds
        56,700,000 382,500,000 408,500,000 1,975,700,000 1,543,300,000 459,200,000 558,400,000 470,900,000 2,838,600,000 810,400,000 1,399,900,000 224,700,000 1,415,300,000 476,300,000 409,200,000 269,500,000 35,900,000 51,600,000 18,000,000 68,100,000   100,000          200,000 900,000 100,000 1,200,000 573,500,000    800,000 700,000 336,400,000 900,000 403,700,000 18,100,000 37,800,000 1,400,000 405,100,000 18,100,000 426,700,000 77,300,000 490,800,000 9,500,000 400,100,000 350,600,000 16,200,000 4,500,000 38,500,000 115,300,000 53,100,000 489,600,000 6,600,000 5,300,000 109,000,000 19,100,000 301,100,000 160,500,000  
          payments on long-term debt
        -19,100,000 -569,600,000 -49,800,000 -47,800,000 -320,200,000 -12,100,000 -409,500,000 -12,000,000 -9,900,000 -54,800,000 -9,600,000 -9,800,000 -400,100,000 -195,900,000 -400,000,000 -100,000 -446,900,000 -14,800,000 -1,100,000 -403,200,000 -600,000 -2,800,000  -2,700,000 -100,000 -2,600,000  -9,000,000 -600,000 -408,600,000 -400,000 -13,800,000 -455,300,000 -14,400,000 -358,700,000 -56,100,000 -4,700,000 -65,500,000 -149,500,000 -174,600,000 -346,100,000 -38,500,000 -16,900,000 -100,500,000 -57,200,000 -434,000,000 -21,800,000 -23,700,000 -327,000,000 -65,000,000 -13,000,000 -469,000,000 -5,300,000 -3,300,000 -4,700,000 -10,300,000 -34,500,000 -137,600,000 -326,600,000 -26,000,000 -12,900,000 -25,800,000 -2,800,000 -41,400,000 -3,100,000 -53,100,000 -41,600,000 -19,100,000 
          net increase in commercial paper and short-term borrowings
        202,400,000 67,300,000 -289,400,000       1,020,900,000 -299,100,000 583,600,000 -12,200,000 -4,100,000 -237,100,000 44,100,000 97,800,000 113,100,000 -37,700,000 5,100,000 29,100,000 4,500,000     -33,800,000           -772,200,000 290,600,000 -435,000,000 -45,300,000 45,500,000 162,000,000 67,700,000 300,000 54,000,000 -274,000,000 51,800,000 31,800,000 339,100,000 -343,100,000 176,400,000 -104,700,000 709,100,000 181,300,000 18,700,000   -177,600,000 70,600,000    -51,600,000 -221,900,000 -84,000,000 37,500,000 145,700,000 -320,900,000 -35,200,000 120,100,000 431,400,000 
          dividends paid to shareholders
        -398,600,000 -398,400,000 -398,400,000 -398,300,000 -393,800,000 -393,600,000 -393,500,000 -393,500,000 -389,000,000 -388,900,000 -388,700,000 -388,700,000 -359,800,000 -359,400,000 -359,400,000 -359,200,000 -332,600,000 -332,100,000 -332,000,000 -332,000,000 -296,500,000 -296,200,000 -296,000,000 -295,900,000 -256,000,000 -255,700,000  -255,300,000 -241,600,000 -241,500,000  -241,100,000 -208,000,000 -207,500,000 -207,000,000 -206,900,000 -187,100,000 -186,900,000 -186,300,000 -185,800,000 -174,700,000 -174,400,000 -174,100,000 -174,000,000 -165,000,000 -164,400,000 -164,000,000 -163,500,000 -150,300,000 -149,900,000 -148,800,000 -147,900,000 -132,900,000 -136,000,000 -135,500,000 -135,300,000 -122,200,000 -121,900,000 -123,700,000 -122,900,000 -105,300,000 -104,800,000 -104,100,000 -95,100,000 -94,500,000 -94,500,000 -92,200,000 -92,100,000 -92,700,000 -81,500,000 -81,900,000 -82,400,000 
          investments by noncontrolling interests
        59,500,000 61,000,000 108,700,000 130,200,000 74,800,000 280,900,000 149,800,000 136,100,000 108,100,000 34,500,000 46,100,000 116,000,000                                                             
          other financing activities
        -1,900,000 -32,900,000 -11,500,000 -19,700,000 -20,300,000 -39,800,000 -6,800,000 -15,400,000 -45,700,000 -64,600,000 -126,500,000 -32,700,000 -30,100,000 -16,500,000 -25,200,000 17,200,000 -2,700,000 -31,000,000 -5,100,000 2,400,000 -9,800,000 -15,900,000 -25,700,000 -44,800,000 -2,700,000 -6,900,000  -5,200,000 -400,000 -12,400,000  -13,900,000 -3,000,000 -18,700,000 -10,100,000 -8,500,000 -9,800,000 -12,900,000 -9,500,000 -9,400,000 -6,200,000 -18,800,000 -11,500,000 -11,200,000 -14,700,000 -19,400,000 -11,300,000 -9,100,000 -7,900,000 -18,800,000 -6,300,000 -8,900,000 -18,100,000 -1,800,000 -10,800,000 -2,900,000 -13,100,000 -100,000 -28,600,000 -3,600,000 -500,000 1,300,000 1,700,000          
          cash from financing activities
        -101,000,000 -490,100,000 -239,100,000 1,209,200,000 1,550,900,000 274,200,000 -232,300,000 135,200,000 1,349,700,000 1,362,800,000 510,700,000 495,500,000 689,000,000 -85,600,000 -188,500,000 -26,500,000 -200,500,000 -585,100,000 -217,800,000 -699,900,000 -196,100,000 -307,100,000 -720,800,000 4,543,300,000 -267,500,000 -270,300,000  -201,000,000 -170,000,000 -289,800,000  -282,200,000 -174,500,000 -641,100,000 -186,500,000 -192,600,000 -687,300,000 -974,500,000 379,700,000 -251,900,000 -200,900,000 -198,000,000 -416,700,000 -272,100,000 -144,700,000 -111,900,000 -21,600,000 -145,000,000 -99,500,000 -238,200,000 -9,700,000 82,400,000 -114,400,000 157,100,000 559,200,000 -564,500,000 15,200,000 -88,300,000 -252,100,000 23,500,000 -65,300,000 -190,600,000 -279,700,000 -83,700,000 211,200,000 -187,700,000 -44,900,000 122,900,000 -334,000,000 -226,100,000 21,900,000 299,800,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -2,200,000 2,700,000 -2,700,000 29,500,000 4,200,000 -38,000,000 24,700,000 -8,100,000 -18,600,000 21,800,000 -17,700,000 -21,800,000 3,500,000 42,500,000 -61,800,000 -64,700,000 -7,600,000 3,800,000 -16,300,000 11,400,000 -16,500,000 49,200,000 30,000,000 7,800,000 -44,300,000 21,400,000  -2,300,000 7,600,000 -6,900,000  -47,700,000 14,200,000 14,000,000 11,900,000 9,300,000 8,400,000 -16,200,000 3,800,000 -3,200,000 8,300,000 -1,400,000 -11,400,000 200,000 -2,400,000 -9,300,000 -16,800,000 5,100,000 -3,900,000 4,300,000 17,200,000 -5,400,000 -7,500,000 7,100,000 6,900,000 -29,200,000 4,300,000 -600,000 -19,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 3,700,000 8,100,000  2,500,000 2,800,000 -2,800,000 -1,800,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 
          decrease in cash and cash items
        -75,400,000 -829,600,000         -20,700,000 -604,700,000                -39,100,000      -551,000,000         -8,900,000 19,600,000 -43,100,000 -97,800,000      17,200,000     -74,300,000 -15,200,000   23,100,000 -127,100,000           
          cash and cash items – beginning of year
        1,856,000,000 2,979,700,000 1,617,000,000 2,711,000,000 4,468,900,000 5,253,000,000 2,248,700,000 2,791,300,000 3,273,600,000 1,330,800,000 206,400,000 336,600,000  450,400,000  454,400,000  422,500,000  374,300,000           
          cash and cash items – end of period
        -75,400,000 1,026,400,000 -468,300,000 832,900,000 -354,100,000 1,845,500,000 604,000,000 -159,300,000 572,400,000 1,962,600,000 -20,700,000 -604,700,000 -888,600,000 3,131,000,000 -246,400,000 608,700,000 -605,000,000 2,953,700,000 177,300,000 -1,494,700,000 -1,700,000 5,788,000,000 1,331,600,000 1,701,300,000 -186,000,000 2,406,100,000 -448,100,000 -39,100,000 -187,400,000 2,923,300,000 -195,200,000 -80,400,000 344,300,000 2,722,600,000 941,000,000 463,300,000 1,202,500,000 666,800,000 986,500,000 201,700,000 34,000,000 279,100,000 -8,900,000 19,600,000 -43,100,000 238,800,000  -19,300,000 -30,700,000 387,600,000  17,200,000 -144,000,000 545,600,000  28,200,000 -74,300,000 407,300,000  159,800,000 23,100,000 247,200,000           
          less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of continuing operations
          5,200,000            9,900,000 5,000,000 6,300,000 -10,800,000     7,900,000 10,600,000   15,500,000 12,200,000 12,200,000 9,500,000 6,800,000 14,000,000 7,200,000 7,100,000 6,300,000 2,200,000 5,700,000 6,600,000                                   
          net loss from discontinued operations
                                                                               
          net income from continuing operations attributable to air products
          4,900,000                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          gain on sale of business
                                                                               
          acquisitions, less cash acquired
                     -30,500,000 -34,600,000 -700,000         -700,000    -48,800,000 -34,300,000 -237,100,000         -11,900,000 -22,600,000     -99,300,000    -689,600,000 -147,400,000   -900,000    -9,900,000 -2,900,000 -28,200,000 -1,600,000 -1,400,000 -300,000 -1,400,000 -506,800,000 
          investment in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates
          -25,000,000         -7,500,000 -18,200,000 -1,632,700,000 -100,000 -6,100,000   -1,700,000 -15,600,000 -7,100,000  -14,300,000       800,000 -100,000 -8,800,000            1,100,000   -154,200,000 -21,200,000 200,000 -21,800,000   -100,000 -3,000,000 -23,400,000 -1,000,000 -100,000    1,100,000 
          investment in financing receivables
          -8,100,000 -18,000,000 -20,500,000 -15,300,000 -6,800,000 -3,800,000 -90,600,000 -301,800,000 -100,000                                                              
          proceeds from stock option exercises
          1,100,000 1,700,000 500,000 400,000 5,300,000 4,500,000 2,400,000 3,100,000 14,000,000 3,000,000 1,900,000 1,100,000 13,300,000 2,500,000 3,400,000 3,100,000 1,600,000 10,900,000 3,000,000 14,700,000 5,500,000 4,800,000 17,900,000 40,700,000 4,700,000 18,000,000 5,500,000 18,300,000 34,400,000 30,200,000 18,300,000 9,200,000 10,700,000 65,100,000 40,700,000 25,200,000 10,300,000 28,800,000 15,300,000 35,100,000 42,100,000 35,100,000 48,800,000 37,800,000 19,900,000 93,300,000 70,400,000 35,700,000 27,000,000 35,600,000 12,800,000 68,000,000 7,900,000 23,800,000 51,800,000 35,800,000 36,800,000 45,800,000 27,700,000 39,500,000 8,100,000 5,700,000 1,100,000 39,100,000 8,800,000 33,000,000 41,500,000 
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                
          discontinued operations
                                                                                
          cash from discontinued operations
                                    -9,700,000 18,600,000 -3,100,000 -198,200,000 -247,200,000 3,308,800,000 -9,500,000 -20,500,000 -34,300,000       -157,100,000 10,500,000 1,000,000 3,200,000 4,500,000 4,400,000 500,000 786,200,000             117,700,000 254,100,000 64,500,000  
          increase in cash and cash items
          -468,300,000 832,900,000 -354,100,000 -1,134,200,000 604,000,000 -159,300,000 572,400,000 345,600,000    420,000,000   -605,000,000 -1,515,200,000 177,300,000 -1,494,700,000 -1,700,000 535,000,000 1,331,600,000   157,400,000    132,000,000  -80,400,000   941,000,000 463,300,000 1,202,500,000 -664,000,000 986,500,000 201,700,000 34,000,000 72,700,000        -62,800,000    91,200,000 93,200,000    -7,600,000     -165,200,000 417,900,000 -9,400,000 -38,800,000 15,000,000 -12,600,000 42,300,000 56,000,000 -5,600,000 
          other investing activities
           51,800,000 31,900,000 29,000,000 26,500,000 15,800,000 17,200,000 12,900,000 56,000,000 -52,900,000 1,700,000 100,000 400,000 100,000 6,400,000 1,700,000 1,000,000 -200,000 3,300,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,900,000  -1,900,000 -400,000 3,100,000  800,000 -4,100,000 1,500,000 -800,000 100,000 -100,000 -1,500,000 800,000 -4,500,000 2,000,000 -800,000 -2,100,000 -700,000 2,200,000 -2,200,000 1,200,000   800,000 -1,300,000 100,000 -1,600,000                   
          purchases of investments
            -117,600,000 -5,000,000 -80,900,000 -55,500,000 -196,700,000 -152,900,000 -271,300,000 -19,200,000 -389,900,000 -338,500,000 -182,000,000 -727,400,000 -146,900,000 -1,384,800,000 -410,500,000 -158,500,000 -350,000,000     -5,300,000  -4,100,000 -133,500,000 -212,200,000 -204,000,000 -665,400,000                                     
          proceeds from investments
            6,100,000 5,000,000 57,600,000 45,700,000 247,300,000 120,100,000 131,000,000 154,400,000 20,100,000 591,500,000 158,200,000 827,800,000 59,500,000 1,331,900,000 340,000,000 269,700,000 410,500,000 855,000,000 1,761,000,000 177,000,000 2,600,000 9,900,000 178,000,000 3,000,000 132,300,000 404,000,000 208,900,000 817,200,000 1,073,500,000                                     
          increase in commercial paper and short-term borrowings
            667,100,000 -21,500,000 -106,600,000                                                                  
          undistributed earnings to equity method investments
                                                                                
          decrease in commercial paper and short-term borrowings
                                                                                
          (undistributed) distributed earnings of equity method investments
                 -41,500,000                                                               
          net income from discontinued operations
                                                                                
          facility closure
                                29,000,000                                           
          distributed (undistributed) earnings of equity method investments
                     17,200,000                                                           
          income from discontinued operations
                             -10,300,000                -48,200,000          -3,100,000  -600,000 -1,100,000 -1,400,000 -1,600,000 -127,300,000                 
          income from continuing operations attributable to air products
                       582,100,000 530,500,000 560,400,000 558,600,000 525,400,000 473,100,000 471,700,000 486,800,000 446,500,000   503,200,000 488,000,000 421,300,000 347,500,000 452,900,000 430,700,000 416,400,000 155,600,000 474,200,000 104,200,000 304,400,000 251,600,000 402,000,000 355,700,000   344,500,000 318,800,000 290,000,000 324,600,000 102,500,000 314,000,000 283,500,000 287,100,000 150,200,000 287,800,000 289,300,000 276,900,000 137,100,000 357,200,000                 
          loss from discontinued operations
                          -51,800,000 -8,200,000           1,000,000                                       
          less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest of continuing operations
                           -1,300,000 4,000,000 4,700,000                                                   
          investment in and advances to equity method investments
                             -20,000,000                                                   
          undistributed losses of unconsolidated affiliates
                              -50,900,000       1,000,000                                           
          net decrease in commercial paper and short-term borrowings
                               -14,700,000 -22,900,000 -10,400,000   31,400,000 -38,000,000  -23,700,000 18,300,000 -40,700,000  17,400,000                      -315,400,000    -33,300,000           
          undistributed (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates
                                -75,400,000 -26,200,000                                               
          additions to plant and equipment
                                -482,900,000 -447,700,000  -544,100,000 -560,100,000 -403,400,000  -585,600,000 -315,900,000 -256,600,000 -232,900,000 -274,600,000 -293,000,000 -239,200,000 -258,500,000 -262,500,000 -184,200,000 -350,600,000 -400,100,000 -397,100,000 -371,100,000 -446,500,000 -419,300,000 -462,700,000 -411,100,000 -391,100,000 -408,800,000 -408,100,000 -350,300,000 -357,000,000 -354,500,000 -431,600,000 -385,200,000 -349,700,000 -386,400,000 -352,600,000 -305,800,000 -306,900,000 -273,700,000 -288,800,000 -279,800,000 -283,500,000 -324,100,000 -291,700,000 -273,000,000 -258,300,000 -271,200,000  
          undistributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
                                   -29,700,000    -30,800,000 -30,900,000 34,000,000 -25,700,000 -2,900,000 -24,600,000 -6,900,000 -16,900,000 -27,200,000 -14,700,000 7,000,000 -28,000,000 -16,600,000 -26,700,000 -31,300,000 -39,300,000 -17,500,000   -11,600,000 -21,300,000   -10,800,000 -17,800,000 -14,600,000 -10,400,000 -29,100,000 -10,700,000 -22,600,000 14,900,000 -15,400,000 -8,400,000 -12,500,000 -10,500,000 -24,100,000 -10,900,000 -17,000,000 -35,400,000 -7,200,000 -18,900,000 
          noncurrent capital lease receivables
                                  22,900,000 24,100,000 22,800,000 24,800,000 23,700,000 26,500,000 23,900,000 23,300,000 22,800,000 24,000,000 23,100,000 22,300,000 24,000,000 21,300,000 27,700,000 12,500,000 -5,600,000 4,800,000 -600,000 -8,100,000 8,200,000 10,700,000 11,100,000 -10,000,000 -27,200,000 -1,000,000 -29,800,000 -93,400,000 -78,400,000 -94,200,000 -48,700,000 -61,200,000 -116,800,000 -57,300,000 -60,700,000 -37,700,000 -12,900,000 -30,700,000 -111,800,000 -22,000,000 -15,900,000 -37,000,000 -42,000,000 -70,800,000 -47,700,000 -3,500,000 
          goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge
                                                                               
          equity method investment impairment charge
                                                                               
          write-down of long-lived assets associated with cost reduction actions
                                                                                
          less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of discontinued operations
                                                                                
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                
          working capital changes that provided (used) cash, excluding effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                
          contracts in progress, less progress billings
                                      15,100,000 1,800,000   -700,000 -13,600,000 17,600,000 -22,600,000 28,700,000 27,900,000 -15,300,000 -20,000,000 36,500,000 17,100,000 -23,000,000 6,800,000 -4,300,000 -18,700,000 -15,000,000 32,600,000 -12,300,000 37,500,000 -19,100,000 -22,300,000 -26,200,000 -14,800,000 7,700,000 -9,600,000 -4,200,000 -21,700,000             
          less: cash and cash items – discontinued operations
                                             11,300,000                                   
          cash and cash items – continuing operations
                                         2,722,600,000 941,000,000 463,300,000 1,213,800,000 655,500,000               -144,000,000 545,600,000  41,700,000                 
          write-down of long-lived assets associated with restructuring
                                            45,700,000     19,600,000                              
          loss from discontinued operations attributable to air products
                                                                                
          gain on previously held equity interest
                                                  -17,900,000                          
          payment for subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                
          (income) income from discontinued operations
                                           2,300,000                                     
          1.
                                                                                
          loss on sale of assets and investments
                                                                       400,000         
          working capital changes that provided (used) cash, excluding effects of acquisitions and
                                                                                
          divestitures:
                                                                                
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                              16,700,000 6,800,000 4,800,000 4,900,000 5,200,000 4,000,000 9,300,000 13,400,000 5,800,000 9,900,000 8,500,000 4,100,000 13,300,000 10,300,000 6,200,000 8,100,000 10,800,000 1,700,000 15,700,000 2,800,000 7,300,000 21,700,000 10,100,000 8,500,000 12,800,000 8,200,000         
          loss on early retirement of debt
                                                                                
          (gain) loss on sale of assets and investments
                                                                    -5,300,000 -800,000 -5,700,000          
          purchase of treasury shares
                                                          -461,600,000                 
          payment for subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interests
                                                         -1,400,000 -12,300,000   -58,400,000               
          year ended 30 september
                                                                                
          balance 30 september 2012
                                                                                
          other comprehensive income
                                                                                
          cash dividends
                                                                                
          share-based compensation expense
                                                                                
          issuance of treasury shares for stock
                                                                                
          option and award plans
                                                                                
          tax benefit of stock option and award plans
                                                                                
          dividends to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                
          purchase of noncontrolling interests
                                                                                
          other
                                                                           -25,600,000 39,300,000 20,600,000 -30,100,000 34,600,000 
          balance 30 september 2013
                                                                                
          balance 30 september 2014
                                                                                
          balance 30 september 2015
                                                                                
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                                                
          cash paid for taxes
                                                   106,100,000 93,300,000 62,500,000                           
          benefit from spanish tax ruling
                                                                              
          write-down of long-lived assets associated with restructuring / customer bankruptcy
                                                                                
          change in restricted cash
                                                              15,200,000 54,500,000 4,400,000 2,000,000 6,800,000 2,600,000 13,500,000 -3,100,000 5,400,000 13,200,000 4,800,000 41,500,000 72,400,000 -31,700,000 -3,300,000 3,400,000 -135,700,000  
          cash (used for) financing activities
                                                                                
          cash and cash items—beginning of year
                                                                                
          cash and cash items—end of period
                                                                                
          balance 30 september 2011
                                                                                
          issuance of treasury shares for stock option and award plans
                                                                                
          indura business combination
                                                                                
          (decrease) in cash and cash items
                                                                                
          net income on airgas transaction
                                                                               
          payment of airgas acquisition-related costs
                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of airgas stock
                                                                              
          less: cash and cash items—discontinued operations
                                                                                
          cash and cash items—continuing operations
                                                                                
          balance 30 september 2010
                                                                                
          contribution from noncontrolling interests
                                                                                
          pension plan contributions
                                                           -19,700,000 -8,900,000 -230,000,000                   
          investment in airgas stock
                                                                               
          significant noncash transactions
                                                                                
          short-term borrowings associated with saga acquisition
                                                                      6,300,000          
          noncurrent liability related to the purchase of shares from noncontrolling interests
                                                                      2,200,000          
          balance 30 september 2009
                                                                                
          net loss on airgas transaction
                                                                                
          payment of acquisition-related costs
                                                                  -2,400,000             
          impairment of assets of continuing operations
                                                                      600,000 1,500,000 35,600,000       
          impairment of assets of discontinued operations
                                                                        800,000 48,700,000     
          customer bankruptcy
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                        12,000,000 38,100,000 900,000     
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                                  -299,200,000         -370,500,000 -189,700,000 -125,700,000 
          cash and cash items—end of year
                                                                                
          significant noncash transactions:
                                                                                
          significant noncash transaction:
                                                                                
          impairment of assets
                                                                     600,000      32,100,000     
          acquisition-related costs
                                                                     31,500,000 31,500,000          
          contracts in progress
                                                                     9,800,000 -38,500,000 9,300,000 -17,300,000 18,800,000 17,600,000 -6,600,000 8,900,000 28,900,000 47,000,000 -36,500,000 
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                
          net decrease in short-term borrowings
                                                                                
          cash paid for interest and taxes
                                                                                
          interest
                                                                                
          taxes
                                                                                
          cash and cash items — beginning of year
                                                                       488,200,000  103,500,000 40,500,000 
          cash and cash items — end of period
                                                                       323,000,000  -9,400,000 -38,800,000 118,500,000 -12,600,000 42,300,000 96,500,000 -5,600,000 
          (a) pension plan contributions
                                                                       255,700,000   110,900,000 42,600,000     
          loss on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                
          proceeds from insurance settlements
                                                                               
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation/other
                                                                        11,400,000 1,900,000 1,600,000 600,000 24,500,000 4,300,000 21,500,000 12,100,000 
          pension and other postretirement costs
                                                                          32,200,000 20,000,000     
          sales
                                                                                
          income before taxes
                                                                                
          income tax provision
                                                                                
          income from operations of discontinued operations
                                                                                
          impairment/write-down to estimated net realizable value, net of tax
                                                                                
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                            -19,300,000 -61,200,000 -6,700,000  
          operating activities from continuing operations
                                                                                
          income from continuing operations
                                                                            50,800,000 253,100,000 257,000,000 284,900,000 
          u.s. healthcare impairment
                                                                                
          prepaid expenses
                                                                            -31,100,000 -23,700,000 47,000,000 81,700,000 
          investing activities from continuing operations
                                                                                
          financing activities from continuing operations
                                                                                
          gain on a sale of a chemical facility
                                                                                
          impairment of loans receivable
                                                                                
          investing activities from continuing operations additions to plant and equipment
                                                                                
          financing activities from continuing operations long-term debt proceeds