The partitioning of n-eicosane (C-20) and n-tetracosane (C-24) between a melt phase (L-1) and an aqueous ethanol phase (L-2) at 333.2 K, and between a solid phase (S) and an aqueous ethanol phase V at 293.2 K was measured. The wax content of aqueous ethanol solutions was greater when the solutions were in equilibrium with a melt wax phase (liquid-liquid equilibrium) than when they were in equilibrium with a solid wax phase (solid-liquid equilibrium). The distribution coefficients of C-20 and C-24 between the aqueous phase and a wax phase were also significantly higher in the case of liquid-liquid equilibrium than in the case of solid-liquid equilibrium. The data could be modeled satisfactorily using simple thermodynamic expressions based on the UNIFAC activity coefficient approach.