The invention discloses a thermochromic
polypropylene composition. The thermochromic
polypropylene composition comprises, by weight, 95-99 parts of
polypropylene resin and 0.5-3 parts of thermochromicmicrocapsules. The core of the thermochromic microcapsule is prepared from a
triphenylmethane-
metal complex and the wall of the thermochromic microcapsule is synthesized from
formaldehyde and
melamine through
polymerization according to a
mole ratio of 2.5 / 1 to 3 / 1. The preparation method of the thermochromic microcapsule comprises that
formaldehyde and
melamine undergo an
addition reaction at pHof 7.5-8.5 to produce a methylol
melamine prepolymer, a
triphenylmethane-
metal complex is dispersed in a
sodium dodecyl sulfate aqueous solution with a concentration of 0.2-1.0 wt%, the methylol melamine
prepolymer is added into the solution, the pH is adjusted to 5.5-6.5 so that a microcapsule
emulsion is obtained, the microcapsule
emulsion undergoes a reaction at 80-90 DEG C for 3h, and the
reaction product is washed, is subjected to suction
filtration and is dried so that the thermochromic microcapsule is obtained. The thermochromic polypropylene composition can
resist heat in a long termand can be widely used in automobile dashboards, accessory dashboards, seats, door plates, bumpers or stand columns.