  The dependence of the inelasticity in terms of the center of mass energy is
studied in the eikonal formalism, which provides connection between elastic and
inelastic channels. Due to the absence of inelasticity experimental datasets,
the present analysis is based on experimental information available on the full
phase space multiplicity distribution covering a large range of energy, namely
30 $<$ $\sqrt{s}$ $\leq$ 1800 GeV. Our results indicate that the decrease of
inelasticity is consequence of minijets production from semihard interactions
arising from the scattering of gluons carrying only a very small fractions of
the momenta from their parent protons. Alternative methods of estimating the
inelasticity are discussed and predictions to the LHC energies are presented.
