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Silicate-based surface treatments measurably slow the surface weathering of exterior softwood.

Under review — the register is reading the literature and will publish a conclusion once directional evidence has been indexed.

In plain terms

26 studies are indexed, but only 0 have been classified for or against — too few to state a consensus, so no share is calculated yet.

This sentence is generated from the same numbers shown below — consensus share, confidence band and the number of indexed studies. Open any section to see exactly how it was reached.

Version 7 · WI-EV v1.0.0 · last swept 2026-08-29

Evidence Score

30

0–100, rule-based

Confidence

Low confidence

Too few, too old or too conflicting sources to specify from.

Consensus

Not yet calculated

0 support · 0 contradict · 26 unclassified · 0 directionally assessed

Studies

26

1995–2026

Confidence is limited most by volume of evidence (0/30).

Behind the answer

All of the data, one click away.

Nothing here is hidden — it is folded, so the answer stays readable. Open any section to see exactly how the numbers were produced.

How the score is built6 weighted components, 30/100 total
Volume of evidence

0 directional studies, weighted by grade.

0/30
Study quality

Mean evidence grade 46/100 across the pool.

11/25
Agreement

Not scored: only 0 directional studies (3 needed).

0/20
Peer review

73% published in peer-reviewed venues.

7/10
Recency

Median publication year 2021.

10/10
Reproducibility

46% resolvable by DOI and independently checkable.

2/5
Where the literature disagreesNo direct contradictions in the indexed pool

No direct contradictions in the indexed pool. That is not the same as agreement — it can also mean too few directional studies have been published to disagree yet.

How the consensus moved over timeConsensus recomputed using only the evidence published up to each year
YearPublishedCumulativeSupportContradictConsensus
199511000%
200312000%
201213000%
201414000%
201626000%
201739000%
2018110000%
2020111000%
2021415000%
2022217000%
2024320000%
2025323000%
2026124000%
Revision history6 published revisions
  1. v71 new study indexed.2026-08-17 · score 30 · 0%
  2. v65 new studies indexed, Evidence Score -2 to 30.2026-08-15 · score 30 · 0%
  3. v53 new studies indexed, Evidence Score +5 to 32.2026-08-09 · score 32 · 0%
  4. v4Evidence Score -20 to 27.2026-08-08 · score 27 · 0%
  5. v33 new studies indexed, Evidence Score -1 to 47.2026-08-08 · score 47 · 0%
  6. v214 new studies indexed, Evidence Score +48 to 48.2026-08-08 · score 48 · 0%
Every indexed record26 studies with stance, grade and citation count

Silicon Cycling in Soils Revisited.

Schaller J, Puppe D, Kaczorek D et al. · 2021 · doi:10.3390/plants10020295

The review concerns silicon cycling and speciation in soils, not wood surface treatments.

Neutral

Grade B · 67 citations

Peer-reviewed

Chapter 12. RELATING CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EROSION

R. F. Stallard · 1995 · Chemical Weathering Rates of Silicate Minerals · doi:10.1515/9781501509650-014

The chapter concerns chemical and physical erosion of silicate minerals, not wood weathering treatments.

Neutral

Grade C · 15 citations

Peer-reviewed

Stance classification is automated and reviewed against each record's own abstract; it is a reading of the literature, not a measurement. The Evidence Score is a rule-based function of indexed metadata under method WI-EV v1.0.0 and does not constitute proof of the statement.

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APA
WoodIntel. (2026). Silicate-based surface treatments measurably slow the surface weathering of exterior softwood. (Evidence Engine WI-EV v1.0.0, claim version 7). Retrieved 2026-08-30, from https://woodintel.io/evidence/silicate-surface-treatment-weathering
BibTeX
@misc{woodintel_silicate_surface_treatment_weathering_2026,
  title  = {Silicate-based surface treatments measurably slow the surface weathering of exterior softwood.},
  author = {{WoodIntel}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {Evidence Engine WI-EV v1.0.0, claim version 7, accessed 2026-08-30},
  url    = {https://woodintel.io/evidence/silicate-surface-treatment-weathering}
}
Open API
curl https://woodintel.io/api/public/v1/evidence?claim=silicate-surface-treatment-weathering

Returns the score, the indexed studies with stance and grade, the contradictions, the timeline and the full revision history. Open under CC BY 4.0 — API documentation.