Why cannot increase in temperature and expansion not be used for converting heat energy into mechanical energy?

Why cannot increase in temperature and expansion not be used for converting heat

energy into mechanical energy?
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Increase in temperature cannot be used to convert heat energy in to mechanical energy.

Expansion of solids, liquids and gases by heat is very small to make it convert into

mechanical energy.
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