Abstract: A friction material, such as those belonging to the NAO or LS classes. The friction material is substantially free from copper and includes non-spherical particles in the form of powders and/or fibres each constituted by a preferably ferrous metallic core and by an at least partial coating of core formed at least partially or totally by tin and/or tin compounds, such as intermetallic Fe—Sn compounds.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic element comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer having therein a 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein a represents an integer from 0 to 3,b represents an integer from 0 to 2,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each individually hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, aryl, aryloxy, acylamino, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, arylsulfonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxysulfonyl, aryloxysulfonyl, alkylureido, arylureido, nitro, cyano, hydroxyl or carboxy group,R.sub.3 is halogen atom, alkyl or aryl group,X is a direct link or a linking group,Ball is a ballasting group which renders a group to which is attached non-diffusible in photographic coatings, andthe sum of the sigma values of R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and X-Ball is less than 1.3.