Accepted Manuscript Adsorptive removal of acidic dye onto grafted chitosan: A plausible grafting and adsorption mechanism Iram Tahira, Zaheer Aslam, Aamir Abbas, Muhammad Monim- ul-Mehboob, Sadaqat Ali, Anam Asghar PII: S0141-8130(19)30665-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.173 Reference: BIOMAC 12679 To appear in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Received date: 27 January 2019 Revised date: 18 June 2019 Accepted date: 24 June 2019 Please cite this article as: I. Tahira, Z. Aslam, A. Abbas, et al., Adsorptive removal of acidic dye onto grafted chitosan: A plausible grafting and adsorption mechanism, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.ijbiomac.2019.06.173 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.