Separation of components has been measured in binary molten salt mixtures, AgNO3-KNO3, subjected to electrolysis between silver electrodes. The analysis of thin slices of frozen mixture contained in silica frits gives qualitatively the composition changes between anode and cathode and shows the expected enrichment of potassium ions at the cathode. Changes in concentration at the electrodes are measured electrochemically in free electrolytes and in electrolytes contained in frits. The time dependence of concentration at the electrodes is obtained both during electrolysis and during relaxation following electrolyses of different durations. The experimental results confirm the predictions from a mass transport model proposed previously for systems analogous to mixed molten salt batteries operated at high current densities.Electrolyte composition gradients in aqueous fuel cells and electrolyzers have been observed (2, 3) and explained in terms of electrode reactions, diffusion, and migration (4-6). Previously derived equations for (one dimensional) diffusion and migration in molten salt binary mixtures during current flow predicted the establishment of concentration gradients in the electrolytes of molten salt batteries and fuel cells (7). Such gradients have been reported, but not analyzed, in an A1/NaC1-KC1-A1C13/C12 battery (8) and in the electrolysis of LiBr-KBr mixtures for isotope separation (9). [Isotope separation by electrolysis of "pure" molten salt 6LiCI-?LiCt is itself an example of the development of composition gradients by virt~,e of difference of mobility (of 6Li+, ~Li+)] (10). These gradients, although potentially of significant magnitude and consequence in actual batteries (or fuel cells), are difficult to observe. Rapid back-diffusion during cooling imposes severe constraints on the sampling of such gradients for chemical analysis. In molten salt batteries (11, 12), variations of the potential between LiA1 and FeSz electrodes for reasons other than changes of the Li/K ratio of the LiC1-KC1 electrolyte tend to obscure in situ potentiometric measurement of the composition changes. Consequently, there is a need for suitable analog experiments to test the validity of the predictions.This paper presents the results of an experimental test of the predictions of the previously derived one dimensional equation for a system in which the electrode reaction, ion flows, and conditions of operation are analogous to those in a molten 'salt battery, but which is more amenable to quantitative analysis. We describe measurements of the composition changes in molten AgNO~-KNO~ mixtures subjected to electrolysis between two silver electrodes. Since silver, one of the two like-charged ions in the binary mixture, reacts at both electrodes, the ion flows are analogous * Electrochemical Society Active Member. Key words: molten salt, transport, battery.to those in the LiCI-KCI electrolyte of a Li/S battery, in which Li + ion enters the electrolyte at the anode and leaves at the cathode (11,12). Experiments were do...