“…The water uptake rate ( Q %) of the hydrogels SG1 and SGWP was determined as per previous reports (Gao et al.,
2020; Liu et al.,
2020) at different temperatures (25, 37, 45, 50, 60, and 70°C) and pH 1 and 7. The swelling index was calculated using the following equation after 24 h:
where W 1 is the initial weight and W 2 is the final weight of the SG1/SGWP hydrogel.…”