2) What is the benefit of using Carbon dating for a sample

Last updated: 7/8/2022

2) What is the benefit of using Carbon dating for a sample, rather than dating using some other periodic table elements on Earth, under radiometric decay? In other words, what is the difference in how useful it is to conduct radiometric dating between with different elements of the periodic table? Why does it even matter what element you are using to determine the age of a rock, fossil, or other sample?