Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach

Table 5

Comparison of IR band position in the PP films after incubation with Pseudomonas sp. in BHM broth and BHM agar (both control and test).

S. no.	Incubation period	IR band position in BHM broth control-test (cm^−1)	IR band position in BHM agar control-test (cm^−1)	Functional group involved
1	30 days	572.18–460.23	1002.24–808.93	C-X stretching
2		2950.10–2838.92	2918.97–2917.61	C-H stretching
3		2916.61–2722.13	2947.73–2838.92	C-H stretching
4		3762.08–3189.68	3761.52–3189.68	O-H stretching