The sealing surface of nuclear valve with 1Cr18Ni9Ti base metal was clad with Co base alloy powder by using a 5KW CW transverse flow CO2 laser. The wear resistance of laser cladding layer was tested, the microstructure and wear resistance of laser cladding layer was compared with that of plasma spurt welding layer on the same kind of test piece. The result shows that the wear and high temperature strike abrasion resistance of laser cladding layer is much better than that of plasma spurt welding layer, the laser cladding layer has fine microstructure, high crystal granularity, high hardness and...