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In this contribution, a micro-mechanically based constitutive model is proposed to describe the nonlinear inelastic rubber-like features of alginate-based double network hydrogel cross-linked via various counterions. To this end, the lengthening of the polysaccharide polymer chain after a fully stretched state is characterized. A polymer chain is firstly considered behaving entropically up to the fully stretched state. Then, enthalpic behavior is accounted for concerning the following lengthening. To calculate enthalpic behavior, the