From:  "Diana York / Hawk Meadow Morgans" <diana@hawkmeadow.com>
Date:  Thu Aug 16, 2001  8:46 am
Subject:  Paper types/terms



Cotton paper is 100% alphacellulose. But 100% alphacellulose paper does not
necessary mean 100% cotton.

Cotton fiber is naturally very high in alphacellulose (~95-98%) so it takes
very little refining to obtain 100% alphacellulose pulp.

Wood is usually less than 50% alphacellulose (it also contains lignin and
hemicellulose). So wood pulp must be refined and purified much more than
cotton in order to obtain a 100% alphacellulose pulp.
The sulfite process is one way of purifying wood pulp (involves use of
acid).
SO
according to the description of Legion Photo Matte, it is 100%
alphacellulose paper, derived from wood fiber, purified by sulfite process,
and buffered to neutral pH.

Hope this helps.