IT is generally held that the white dwarf is in the degenerate state in the sense of the statistics of Fermi and Dirac. This assumption leads to another consequence bearing on the relative abundance of elements in the same star. Assuming further that (i) all atoms of various elements in the white dwarf are stripped of their extranuclear electrons, and (ii) all kinds of nuclei of atoms are formed entirely from protons and electrons, the thermo-equilibrium among them is determined from Milne's equations.1 The simplified form is