During dehydration of alcohols to alkenes by heating with conc. $\ce{H_2​SO_{4​}},$ the initiation step is$:$
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Dehydration of alcohol to alkene in presence of concentrated $\ce{H_2​SO_{4​}}$ involves following steps$:$
Thus, the initiation step is protonation of alcohol.
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