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An element for making an electric contact to a contact member 5, 15, 19, 41 for enabling an electric current to flow between said element and said contact member, said clement 3,14,42 comprising a body 6 having at least a contact surface 2, 4, 16, 43, 44 thereof coated with a contact layer applied against said contact member. The contact layer comprises a film comprising a multielement material with equal or similar composition as any of a layered carbide or nitride that can be described as M2 HAX,, where M is a transition metal or a combination of a transition metals, n is 1, 2, 3 or higher, A is an group A element or a combination of a group A element, clement and X is Carbon, Nitrogen or both.