Electrolysis Molten Metal Halides (Salts)

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What substance is produced at the anode during the electrolysis of a mixture of molten calcium bromide and molten magneius iodide?
 
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What process takes place at the anode, i.e. oxidation or reduction?

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/eltlysis.html

Given the choice between CaBr2 and MgI2, the decomposition of which would be more spontaneous, or rather which one is thermodynamically easier to achieve?