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Acid catalysed dehydration of t-butanol is faster than that of n-butanol because

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t-Butanol gives stable `3^(@)C^(o+)`, whereas n-butanol gives `1^(@)C^(o+)`. So the dehydration of t-butanol is faster than that of n-butanol.
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