A group of scientists in China have created an ultra-slippery toilet bowl that can repel almost any type of liquids or solids.

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    Original paper says its mainly polypropylene powder, sintered and porous, has silica powder and silicon oil within.

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        ARSFT not only with a self-supporting 3D complex shape but also with a porous structure that can accommodate considerable lubricants for an abrasion-resistant super-slippery property.

        From what I skimmed, its slippery properties comes from mainly "hydrophobic silica powder distributed among polypropylene powder. Silicone oil is sprayed afterwards to protect it from abrasion and other mechanical force. Even it wears down, all components (hydrophobic silica and lubricant oil) are present on new surface because it’s built porous so the slippery property will be maintained.

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    My question while reading the article is “what material is this?” The answer doesn’t seem to be in the linked scientific paper either, just that it is “Fabricated by a Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing Technology”. I assume that means some kind of glass.

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    Great! Now my poops can slide down the toilet like a chocolate river while leaving my porcelain throne squeeky clean!