Super Sendust and Sendust alloy powders were ball-milled for the same time to produce flakes and their static and dynamic magnetic properties were determined. The average size of flaky Super Sendust alloy particles was approximately 45.25 lm; the average size of Sendust alloy flakes was 40 lm. Fe-Si-Al-Ni flaky particle composites have better electromagnetic properties than Fe-Si-Al flaky particles; they have lower complex permittivity and a permeability that is approximately 1.5 times the permeability of Fe-Si-Al composites. Fe-Si-Al-Ni particles also have higher resonance than Fe-Si-Al composites, which contributes to a wider applied frequency band. The calculated reflection loss shows that the microwave-absorption performance of FeSi-Al-Ni composites exceeds that of Fe-Si-Al. In addition, the Fe-Si-Al-Ni composite's absorbing band of the reflection loss below À5 dB can cover both the L-band and S-band for an absorber thickness of 2.3 mm; this is three times as wide as that of the Fe-Si-Al composite.