I'm starting a small transportation business with a partner, we have a US DOT # already, Do I also need a ICC-MC # and what is it for? We are transporting interstate and I want to be in compliance.
The Volt unit is named after Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist who invented an electric battery.
Answer: There are 14 elements named after people, although only 13 of the names are formally accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).1  samarium (Sm, 62) - The first element named in honor of a person. samarium (Sm, 62) - The first element named in honor of a person. 2  Samarium is named for its ore, samarskite, which in turn is named for V.E. 3  Samarsky-Bukjovets, the Russian engineer who allowed researchers access to him mineral samples.