The need for light intensity has made dye degradation very costly for industry. In this work, Fenton reagent was used for the efficient degradation of an aqueous solution of dye without the need for a light source. The influences of the pH of the media, the initial concentrations of Fe
2+
, H
2
O
2
, and methylene blue (MB) dye; in addition to temperature on the oxidation of MB dye were studied. The optimum amounts of the Fenton reagent were 4mM of Fe
2+
and 70mM of H
2
O
2
at 20 mg/L of dye. The optimum ratio of 0.05 of Fe
2+
/H
2
O
2
was found to give the best result for the decolorization of dye. The Fenton process was effective at pH 3 with a maximum dye decolorization efficiency of 98.8% within 30 min of reaction, corresponding to a COD removal of 85%. The decolorization process was thermodynamically feasible, spontaneous, and endothermic. The activation energy (E
a
) was 33.6 kJ/mol suggesting that the degradation reaction proceeded with a low energy barrier.
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