When a white dwarf goes super nova what happens to the dense stuff its made of?

Question

Sometimes white dwarf stars are involved in SN events and are blown to bits. But, what happens to the very dense matter that the WD star was made from?

Answer 1

White Dwarfs don't actually go supernova.... They're the product of smaller, main-sequence stars that have run out of fuel. Our sun is destined to become a white dwarf.

Answer 2

white dwarfs occur when smaller stars are dying and collapse into a very dense state, the larger the star was in its Main Sequence, the smaller and denser the dwarf state is; what happens in supernova events is that the implosion is so strong that it sometimes explodes, creating a celestial body that would be bright enough to equal the moon on a cloudless night. The matter quickly cools and scatters about the surrounding space to contribute to/create new celestial bodies.

Answer 3

White Dwarfs don't supernova. That is two different kinds of stars. A white dwarf is running on borrowed time. Once all the matter inside takes more energy to fuse than it releases, around iron, it cools off, and eventually dies. This is a black dwarf.

As for supernova, when they blow, everything but the core is thrown out. This is one cause of nebulae.