Absorption experiments of NO and N02 diluted with nitrogen (NO* concentrations over a few hundred ppm) in aqueous solutions of sodium sulfite and/or bisulfite were performed at 25 °C using the agitated vessels with gas dispersion and with a plane interface. The experimental results were discussed based on the film theory of gas absorption accompanied by fast, pseudo mth order chemical reaction. The reaction between NO and S032was found to be second order with respect to NO and zero order with respect to S032-, and the rate of absorption of NO into the sulfite solution increased as the concentration of N02 in the gas phase increased. As for the absorption of N02 in the sulfite solution, it was found that the absorption rates went through a maximum as the sulfite concentration varied, and the reaction mechanism to absorption was with competitive reactions involving the hydrolysis of N02 and the reaction between N02 and S032-in the liquid film. The reduction of N02 was found to be first order with respect to S032-and first order with respect to N02, and so the value of the second-order rate constant was evaluated, while for the hydrolysis of N02 the reaction order was second order with respect to N02. Also the absorption of N02 into the bisulfite solution was accompanied by competitive reactions as well as in the sulfite solution. In addition, aqueous solutions with various reducing or oxidizing agents were examined for the absorption of N02. Furthermore, the effect of temperature on the absorption of N02 in the sulfite solution was studied at 10, 15, and 25 °C.