The capacitors that go "BANG" and send their metal cans flying along with a cloud of stinky wax paper are the smaller 'can' type electrolytics found on pc boards. I have seen tantalum capacitors go "POP" but with much less violence-though they are prone to catching fire and burning the PCB. Disc capacitors tend to crack open if overloaded-the ... More @Wikipedia
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