The values of the density were measured for binary liquid mixtures of benzene and toluene with dichloromethane over entire range of concentration using a vibrating-tube densimeter at T = (288.15, 293.15. 298.15, and 303.15) K and atmospheric pressure. The excess molar volumes, calculated from the density results, are positive for the systems of dichloromethane with benzene over the whole concentration range and present an approximate sigmoid curve for the dichloromethane with toluene. The V-m(E) values have been fitted to the Redlich-Kister polynomial equation, and other volumetric properties such as the partial molar volumes, (V) over bar (i), the apparent molar volume, V-phi i, and the partial molar excess volumes at infinite dilution, <(V-i(E))over bar>(infinity), were calculated over the whole composition range. The Prigogine-Flory-Patterson (PFP) theory and its applicability in predicting V-m(E) at T = 298.15 K are tested. Good agreement was found for the mixtures dichloromethane with benzene. For the mixtures dichloromethane with toluene, which shows an approximate S-shaped V-m(E) behaviour, the correlation fails. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.