For water saturated tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) and for solutions of nitric or nitrous acid therein, the density, viscosity, physical solubility of nitric oxide (NO) and phase equilibria with aqueous phase, as distribution coefficients and water content of the TPB-phase, were determined. The diffusion coefficient of nitric oxide was calculated, considering the solvent mixture to consist of one, two or, in the presence of nitric acid, three components.