This document provides an overview of supercritical fluid chromatography. It defines supercritical fluid chromatography as using a material above its critical temperature and pressure as a mobile phase. The principles are similar to HPLC but use carbon dioxide as the mobile phase. Key components of SFC instrumentation include the stationary phase, pumps to control mobile phase flow, injectors, ovens, and detectors. SFC offers advantages over GC and HPLC like lower operating temperatures and high diffusion coefficients. It finds applications in chiral separations for the pharmaceutical industry.