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Why is Carbon-14 used for carbon dating instead of other radioactive isotopes?

If the short half life of carbon 14 makes it inaccurate to date artifacts that are older than 50000 years and other radioactive isotopes have longer half lives, why do scientists not use these other radioactive isotopes such as potassium-40 and uranium-235 to date an artifact?

All living substances are “organic” and contain carbon. They all have a fixed ratio of C-12 and C-14. When the substance dies, the amount of C-14 present decays at a known rate. So it is possible to calculate the age of death by observing how much C-14 is still present.

Other radioactive isotopoes do not play a role in life forms as carbon does.

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A relative says that carbon-14 dating of human fossils is flawed. How are fossils dated?

Science is the backbone of my beliefs, but my relative says that carbon-14 dating is flawed. What is the gist of the carbon-14 dating technique? I’m already familiar with the nuclear interactions that cause carbon-14 to be radioactive. I’m more interested in the actual dating process and what the ‘thing’ is that is dated in fossil imprints, for example.

Carbon dating works by measuring the ratio of Carbon-12 (C12) versus Carbon-14 (C14).

Carbon-14 is produced in the high atmosphere by the interaction of Nitrogen with high energy solar wind (or the neutrons within the solar wind). This C14 interacts same as C12 within the environment, thus when it combines with Oxygen the resulting CO2 is taken up by plants and stored in their tissues. The concentration of C14 is the same in the organism as it is in the atmosphere. When the plant dies the C14 decays at a KNOWN rate back into Nitrogen.

There are many pitfalls associated with Carbon dating and it is NOT a singular use dating model that can date anything you wish. It is only utilized to date ORGANIC material, thus no rocks (including fossils) can be dated using Carbon dating.

There is also the reservoir effect that is essentially the build-up of non-atmospheric Carbon within an animal, this will provide incorrect ages. The reservoir effect is observed and compensated for in any organism that didn’t derive its Carbon from the atmosphere, thus Carbon dating is essentially useless in marine animals.

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Can carbon-14 dating be used to measure the age of stone walls and tablets of ancient civilizations?

I need to know this for physics. I know carbon 14 dating can be used to measure the age of human and animal remains, but stone objects i’m not sure about. A little explanation would be great.

Carbon dating works becuase we can calculate the decay of carbon 14 in organic matter. Carbon 14 is produced in reactions in the upper atmosphere, and stays at relatively constant levels. This carbon 14 acts just like normal carbon (except it is radioactive of course!) and is absorbed into the body. When someone dies the carbon 14 is no longer replenished, and the radioactivity will decay exponentially towards zero.

Since a stone wall is unlikely to be able to absorb carbon 14 you wont be able to date its age using this technique.

PHS-120 Chapter 16_3 Carbon 14 Dating and Nuclear Fission

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