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The solubilities of lauric acid in n-hexane, acetone, 2-propanol, propanol, 1-bromopropane, and trichloroethylene have been measured using a dynamic equilibrium method from (279.0 to 315.3) K. All systems present positive deviations of the ideal behavior. The solvent that presented the lowest average deviation, concerning the ideality of the system, was trichloroethylene, and the highest value of deviation was found in acetone. The experimental solubility data were correlated with the NRTL, Wilson, and UNIQUAC models. In the n-hexane case, the correction for the existence of dimers was applied. The best results were obtained using UNIQUAC with 0.26 K average root-mean-square deviation of temperature. The solubility in pure solvents decreased in the order: trichloroethylene > 1-bromopropane > 2-propanol > propanol > acetone > n-hexane.

The solubility of palmitic acid has been measured in ethanol, 2-propanol, acetone, heptane, hexane, and trichloroethylene and in the azeotropic mixtures of the solvents (ethanol−heptane; hexane−ethanol; ethanol−trichloroethylene; acetone−heptane; heptane−2-propanol; acetone−hexane; hexane−2-propanol; 2-propanol−trichloroethylene), by a dynamic method, from (290 to 325) K. Solubility data in pure solvents were fitted by the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC equations and the solubility of palmitic acid in azeotropic mixtures with the NIBS/Redlich−Kister equation. For all calculated results, the root-mean-square deviations of solubility temperatures vary from (0.2 to 0.82) K, depending on the equation used. The solubility in pure solvents decreased in the order: trichloroethylene > 2-propanol > hexane > heptane > acetone > ethanol. The solubility of the palmitic acid increased in azeotropic mixtures compared to the pure solvents, except for the ethanol−trichloroethylene mixture where the solubility was similar to t...