powders under the control of the O 2À activity of fused Na 2 SO 4 by electrochemical polarization was investigated. As a result, the increase in the quantity of electricity for the anodic reaction with increasing polarization potential for the platinum electrode caused an increase in the basicity(À log a Na2O ) of the fused Na 2 SO 4 , while the increase in the quantity of electricity for cathodic reaction with decreasing polarization potential caused a decrease in basicity of the fused Na 2 SO 4 . The solubility of NiO and Co 3 O 4 in fused Na 2 SO 4 increased in the anodic potential region. However, their solubility did not increase in the cathodic potential region. The solubility of Fe 2 O 3 and Fe 3 O 4 slightly increased in the anodic potential region. The solubility of SiO 2 did not increase in the anodic potential region, whereas the solubility of SiO 2 increased with a decrease in the polarization potential in the cathodic potential region. The solubility of Al 2 O 3 and Cr 2 O 3 increased in the cathodic and anodic potential regions. The solubility of Al 2 O 3 was larger than that of Cr 2 O 3 . We found that the resistance of acid and basic dissolution for oxides could be estimated by the electrochemical polarization method.