# 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, -NO$_2$
** 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 $_3$NO $_2$
*** 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
* 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 (comics), 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

### Radio

* WMMS-HD2, an HD Radio digital subchannel (100.7-2 FM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, formerly branded Nitro

### Television

* Nitro (German TV channel), a German commercial television channel
* Nitro (Spanish TV channel), a former Spanish commercial television channel owned by Atresmedia
* "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

## 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

## Other

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