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Table 3.

Rheology and extensibility parameters for the developed hydrogels.

	Parameters	GC-THO	GC-THO-NP-L-
Rheology	Viscosity at 100 s⁻¹ (Pa·s)	1.01 ± 0.00	0.37 ± 0.00
	Flow	Shear thinning	Shear thinning
$η = \frac{τ 0}{y + K * y^{(m - 1)}}$	Equation	Herschel–Bulkley	Herschel–Bulkley
$η = \frac{τ 0}{y + K * y^{(m - 1)}}$	r (up/down)	1/1	1/1
Extensibility	Eₘₐₓ	25.09 ± 2.21	45.71 ± 4.12
	K_m	37.02 ± 3.81	31.44 ± 3.91
$E = \frac{E_{\max} \cdot w}{K + w}$	Equation	Hyperbola	Hyperbola
$E = \frac{E_{\max} \cdot w}{K + w}$	r²	0.9347	0.9611

η: apparent viscosity, τ₀: shear stress (Pa) when deformation velocity tends to zero, y: deformation velocity, K consistency coefficient, m: flow index, E: extensibility, E_max: maximum extensibility value; K_m: weight necessary to reach half of the maximum extensibility, w: weight.