Nitro

Nitro may refer to:

Chemistry

• Nitrogen, a chemical element and a gas except at very low temperatures, with which many compounds are formed:
  • Nitro compound, an organic compound containing one or more nitro functional groups, -NO₂
  • Nitro ligand in coordination chemistry
  • Nitroalkene, a functional group combining the functionality of an alkene and nitro group
  • Nitrocellulose, or cellulose nitrate, an extremely flammable chemical compound
  • Nitroglycerin, or glyceryl trinitrate, an explosive chemical compound
  • Nitromethane, a simple organic nitro compound with the formula CH
    ₃NO
    ₂
    • Nitro fuel, a fuel containing nitromethane and methanol
      • Nitro engine, an engine powered with nitro fuel used in some radio-controlled model cars, aircraft etc.

People

• Danny Lee Clark (born 1964), known as "Nitro" on the original American Gladiators television show
• Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (born 1988), known as "Nitro" on the UK Gladiators television show
• John Morrison (wrestler) (born 1979), professional wrestler formerly known as Johnny Nitro
• Nitro (rapper) (born 1993), Italian rapper
• Nitro (wrestler) (born 1966), Mexican professional wrestler

Places

• Giant, Richmond, California, formerly named Nitro
• Nitro, West Virginia, United States

Arts and entertainment

• Nitro (Imagicaa), a roller coaster at the Imagicaa theme park in Khopoli, India
• Nitro (film), a Canadian action film released in 2007
• Nitro (Six Flags Great Adventure), a mega roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States

Fictional characters

• Nitro (character), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Nitro Norimaki, a character from the Dr. Slump franchise
• Nitro, a character in the children's show The Shak played by Beau Walker

Music

• Nitro (band), a 1980s metal band
• "Nitro (Youth Energy)", a song by The Offspring from the album Smash
• Nitro Records, an independent punk music record label

Television

• "Nitro", an episode of Mission: Impossible
• Nitro!, a game show hosted by Greg Lee
• WCW Monday Nitro, a professional wrestling television program

Theatre

• Nitrobeat, a British theatre company, founded in 1979 as the Black Theatre Co-operative, renamed Nitro in 1999

Videogaming

• Need for Speed: Nitro, a 2009 racing game
• Nicktoons Nitro, a 2009 racing game for the Arcade
• Nintendo DS, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro"
• Nitro (video game), a 1990 computer game

Media

• Nitro (German TV channel), a German commercial television channel
• Nitro (Spanish TV channel), a former Spanish commercial television channel owned by Atresmedia
• WMMS-HD2, an HD Radio digital subchannel (100.7-2 FM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, formerly branded Nitro

Computing and technology

• Nitro (wireless networking), an 802.11g performance enhancement technology
• Nitro cyberattacks
• Nitro, a marketing name given by Apple to JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine of WebKit
• Nitro PDF, a commercial software application
• Nitro, a paid membership on Discord
• Nitro, an open source framework for building web servers, created for the Nuxt framework.

Medicine

• Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology), a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris
• Medical use of nitroglycerin, prescribed for some heart conditions
• Nitrous oxide, "laughing gas", used in some dental procedures as an anaesthetic

Vehicles and transportation

• Dodge Nitro, a compact SUV
• USS Nitro, a ship
• Nitro, a Spanish competition paraglider design by Windtech Parapentes
• Nitrous oxide engine, an automotive modification

Other

• Nitro cold brew coffee
• Nitro Express, a series of cartridges used in large-bore hunting rifles
• Nitro, a flavor of Takis

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Nitro
• All pages with titles containing Nitro
• Nitre
• Nitra