Explain the acid-catalyzed dehydration of cyclohexanol

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In the acid-catalyzed dehydration of cyclohexanol, the mechanism requires only catalytic acid, but in the experiment we used large excess. Think about the mechanism and suggest a reason why a large excess of strong acid is used.

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