Splashing chemicals on a handheld artifact deletes it

[Dachshundofdoom]

Possibly related: I recall that I once put a hand artifact into the X-ray Scanner, and when I went to remove it my finger slipped off my mouse halfway through and I ended up click-dragging the scanner onto itself. The scanner emptied but the artifact itself completely vanished, I right-clicked on the scanner and it wasn't underneath it (or at least, it wasn't accessible). I also tried hovering my cursor over my hand, and it wasn't invisible but still in my hand like fried foods sometimes are.