Pobedit

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Pobedit (победит) is an alloy of carbon (C), tungsten (W) and cobalt (Co). It was invented in the Soviet Union in 1929. Later a number of similar alloys based on tungsten and cobalt were developed.

Pobedit is created using powder metallurgy.

It is close in hardness to diamond (85-90 on the Rockwell scale).