What is the oxidation number to Carbon here? The oxidation number total must be -2 and oxygen has -2 but What is carbon?

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The small bags of silica gel you often see in a new shoe box are placed there to control humidity. despite its name, silica gel is a solid. it is a chemically inert, highly porous, amorphous form of sio2. because water vapor readily adsorbs onto the surface of silica gel, it acts as a desiccant. despite not knowing mechanistic details of the adsorption of water onto silica gel, from the information provided you should be able to make an educated guess about the thermodynamic characteristics of the process. predict the signs for δg, δh, and δs for the adsorption of water.

The table lists the lattice energies of some compounds.compoundlattice energy (kj/mol)lif            –1,036licl            –853naf            –923kf            –821nacl            –786which statement about crystal lattice energy is  best  supported by the information in the table? the lattice energy increases as cations get smaller, as shown by lif and kf.the lattice energy increases as the cations get larger, as shown by lif and licl.the lattice energy decreases as cations get smaller, as shown by nacl and naf.the lattice energy decreases as the cations get smaller, as shown by naf and kf.