History
See also: history of paper, pulp (paper), and DeinkingCotton was first used with a mixture of silk to make paper called Carta Bombycina. In the 1800s, fiber crops such as linen fibres or cotton from used cloths (rags) were the primary material source. By the turn of the 20th century most of the paper was made from wood pulp, but cotton is still used in speciality papers. As cotton rags now often contain synthetic fibres, papermakers have turned to second-cut cotton linters as raw material sources for making pulp for cotton papers.
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