en گروه سرامیک Ceramic Materials and Engineering Research Paper Research Paper <div style="text-align: justify;">The aim of this work was to synthesize TiC reinforced coating on carbon steel via reduction of ilmenite powder. A mixture of ilmenite and graphite was pre-placed on AISI 1020 steel surface. The effect of the addition of excess graphite amounts on the progress of synthesis of carbide particles was studied. The evolution of phases in different coatings was analysed via X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Then again, the initial powder mixtures were mechanically activated for various durations, to accelerate the reactions in transient melt pool. Finally, the Fe-TiC hard coating was successfully synthesized by carbothermic reduction of ilmenite through laser surface treatment. Moreover, it is proved that combination of mechanical activation with additive laser melting effectively improves the level of ilmenite reduction, besides enhancing the distribution of hard particles and the hardness of the coatings to more than 1300 HV.</div> laser surface treatment, cladding, hard coating, TiC particles, carbothermic reduction 75 86 http://ijmse.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1816-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 A. Khalili arman_khalili@alumni.iust.ac.ir 1800319475328460010464 1800319475328460010464 No School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Mojtahedi m.mojtahedi@razi.ac.ir 1800319475328460010465 1800319475328460010465 Yes Department of Materials and Textile engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran M. Goodarzi mgoodarzi@iust.ac.ir 1800319475328460010466 1800319475328460010466 No School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. J. Torkamani mjtorkamany@inlc.ir 1800319475328460010467 1800319475328460010467 No Iranian National Center for Laser Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran