Sample container
A sample container was a usually cylindrical container used by the Federation to hold matter or energy for scientific study. They came in a variety of specifications, and could be reinforced with a containment field.

In 2151, Crewman Cutler  sample containers for the 's away mission to Archer IV. ()

In 2369, a  away team discovered fragments of a standard sample container on the transporter pad of the disabled . By replicating the accident, they learned that the Yosemite crew had taken a sample from a plasma streamer, not knowing that it contained quasi-energy microbes. When they performed a resonance frequency scan on the sample, the microbes shattered the container. ()

In 2371, the  crew collected two samples of photonic matter from a protostar. The samples were in fact photonic lifeforms, one of which broke through its container and escaped the ship when it was subjected to a polarization field. The other was released from its container by the Doctor. ()

Later that year, the Voyager crew beamed a sample of the metreon cloud over Rinax into a container for Doctor Ma'Bor Jetrel's experiments in restoring the victims of the metreon cascade. ()

In 2372, Lieutenant Tuvok and Neelix collected several dozen symbiogenetic alien orchids, which were in sample containers on their persons when they beamed back to Voyager. The orchids caused a transporter accident that merged them into Tuvix. ()

In 2374, the Voyager crew attempted to beam deuterium from the surface of a class Y planet into a container. However, the pattern buffers overloaded and destroyed the container. ()

For anomaly consolidation duty on the  in 2381, many of the specimens earmarked for disposal were housed in sample containers, including a frog skull and a slug. ()

See also
 Biological sample container
 Containment cylinder

Tools