Employee Benefit Plan, Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit (Statement) - Albemarle Corporation Retirement Savings Plan - USD ($) |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
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| EBP, Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit [Abstract] | ||
| EBP, Note Receivable from Participant | $ 5,388,354 | $ 8,193,623 |
| EBP, Net Asset Available for Benefit | 816,429,055 | 966,164,830 |
| EBP, Employer Contribution, Receivable | 1,097,880 | 1,017,279 |
| EBP, Participant Contribution, Receivable | 1,090,516 | 1,031,280 |
| EBP, Other Investment | 23,815 | 15,150 |
| EBP, Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit [Line Items] | ||
| EBP, Employer Contribution, Receivable | 1,097,880 | 1,017,279 |
| EBP, Participant Contribution, Receivable | 1,090,516 | 1,031,280 |
| EBP, Other Investment | 23,815 | 15,150 |
| EBP, Note Receivable from Participant | 5,388,354 | 8,193,623 |
| EBP, Net Asset Available for Benefit | 816,429,055 | 966,164,830 |
| EBP, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Fair Value | $ 808,828,490 | $ 955,907,498 |
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- Definition Amount of contribution receivable from employer of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Fair value of investment, excluding plan interest in master trust, held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Includes, but is not limited to, derivative, investment measured at net asset value per share as practical expedient, and insurance contract not meeting fully-benefit responsive investment criteria. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of asset less liability available to pay benefit of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), including, but not limited to, aggregation of participants' individual account balances. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of unpaid principal plus accrued but unpaid interest for loan from participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of receivable for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of contribution receivable from participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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