Abstract: A rope (210, 310) having a three-layered structure comprising a core layer, an inner layer and an outer layer, the core layer comprising one strand (225, 315), the inner layer comprising multiple strands (220) with an amount n and the outer layer comprising multiple strands (215) with an amount m, wherein n is an uneven number, and m is a number which has no common divisor with n, each strand is formed by multiple twisted metal filaments. By this structure fretting of the strands is reduced and the life time of the rope is improved. Also, the use of the rope in lifting application and an elevator system comprising such a rope are disclosed.

Abstract: Colored indicator for measuring the distribution of hydrocarbon families contained in a mixture, a procedure for obtaining it and its uses. In the colored indicator, the colorants that are able to be eluted with the family of aromatic hydrocarbons are free of organic compounds having an affinity with oxygenated compounds containing at least 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Mixed lanthanide-magnesium gallates and laser using monocrystals of these gallates. This laser has two flash lamps for longitudinally pumping a monocrystalline rod of a magnetoplumbite-type gallate emitting a light ranging from the UV to the IR, which is amplified between two mirrors and a polarizing prism serving to pass to the outside of the laser the amplified light beam. The gallate is of formula: ##STR1## in which M.sup.1 represents Nd, Pr, Ce, Nd-Ce or Pr-Ce in the trivalent state; M.sup.2 represents aluminium, optionally partly substituted by scandium and/or indium; k is a number between 0.94 and 1; x is a number between 0 and 1; t is a number such that 0.ltoreq.t.ltoreq.0.05, provided that t is.noteq.0 when x=0 and that x is .noteq.0 when t=0; v is a number such that 0.ltoreq.v+t<1 and z is a number between 0 and 0.5.