Analysis of the process of dissolving impurities in A 3 B 5 compounds has been carried out. A method has been suggested for determination of the heat of dissolution of impurities in A 3 B 5 compounds on the basis of relationships describing the equilibrium of the liquid-phase doping reaction with experimental values used for the coefficients of distribution. The thermodynamic properties of solid solutions of tellurium and zinc in gallium phosphide have been determined: the change of enthalpy and entropy, in particular, in the process of formation of a substitutional solid solution, and the heat of dissolution of impurities.