Quantification of shrinkage microcracking in young mortar with fluorescence light microscopy and ESEM

In this paper a method is described to quantify shrinkage microcracking in young mortar by means of crack mapping. Visualisation of the microcracks is realised with two techniques: Fluorescence Light Microscopy (FLM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM). The preliminary results obtained with the microcrack mapping method showed...