Swelling kinetic data of nHA based CMC-AM hydrogels
Hydrogels code	Swelling exponent (n)	Diffusion coefficient (D) cm2 s−1	Initial swelling rate (ri) (g water per g hydrogel) per min	Theoretical equilibrium swelling (TSeq) (g water per g hydrogel)	Swelling rate constant (ks) [(g hydrogel per g water) per min]
CMC-AM/nHA-CS1	0.54034	0.22353	0.10178	9.825113	0.001081
CMC-AM/nHA-CS2	0.53284	0.24149	0.09577	10.44168	0.000699
CMC-AM/nHA-CS3	0.49464	0.24217	0.09182	10.89087	0.000335
CMC-AM/nHA-CS4	0.5531	0.27681	0.08072	12.3885	0.000305
CMC-AM/nHA-MS1	0.58127	0.22377	0.10153	9.849306	0.000733
CMC-AM/nHA-MS2	0.5468	0.254	0.08775	11.39601	0.000483
CMC-AM/nHA-MS3	0.55687	0.29546	0.07672	13.03441	0.000328
CMC-AM/nHA-MS4	0.60594	0.29737	0.0758	13.19261	0.000291