Now, depending upon the initial mass of a star and its final disposition (white dwarf, brown dwarf, neutron star, supernova, black hole) which depends upon that mass, the star creates ever heavier elements as the fusion of hydrogen into helium progresses into the fusion of Helium into Lithium and Lithium into Boron and so on all the way up to Iron (which is the heaviest element that can be produced by fusion).
Not quite true - heavier elements can indeed be formed by fusion, but such reactions yield less energy than it took to initiate them, i.e., such reactions consume energy. This is one of the reasons very large stars can collapse violently enough to cause a supernova.
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Not quite true - heavier elements can indeed be formed by fusion, but such reactions yield less energy than it took to initiate them, i.e., such reactions consume energy. This is one of the reasons very large stars can collapse violently enough to cause a supernova.