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Low to medium mass Stars will become white dwarfs, where the mass is up to 8 solar masses (8 times the mass of our sun).

There are two types of white dwarf stars;

- low mass stars with a solar mass less than 0.5 will become helium white dwarfs. The temperature of these will not be high enough to fuse helium into carbon.

- low to medium stars with a solar mass between 0.5 and 8 will become Carbon-Oxygen white dwarfs.

Any star larger than 8 solar masses cannot become a white dwarf.

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