Abstract: A holding seal material made of a laminated mat configured by laminating a plurality of mats containing an inorganic fiber and having a rectangular planar shape so that longitudinal-direction lengths of the respective mats sequentially increase as the mats are laminated, in which the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat configuring the laminated mat and having a longest longitudinal-direction length on an opposite side to a side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats and longitudinal-direction side surfaces of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length, and the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length on the side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats in a state in which a part of the principal surface is exposed.

Abstract: A holding sealing material includes a laminate of a plurality of mats and a film. The plurality of mats each include inorganic fibers and have a rectangular shape in a plan view. The plurality of mats are arranged in an order of longitudinal length from a shortest longitudinal length to a longest longitudinal length. The film is provided around a longest mat having the longest longitudinal length among the plurality of mats. The longest mat has a first main surface and a second main surface which is on a side opposite to the first main surface and which is in contact with a second longest mat. The film is adhered to the first main surface and longitudinal side surfaces of the longest mat and is adhered to the second main surface to allow the second main surface to be partly exposed.

Abstract: A holding seal material made of a laminated mat configured by laminating a plurality of mats containing an inorganic fiber and having a rectangular planar shape so that longitudinal-direction lengths of the respective mats sequentially increase as the mats are laminated, in which the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat configuring the laminated mat and having a longest longitudinal-direction length on an opposite side to a side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats and longitudinal-direction side surfaces of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length, and the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length on the side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats in a state in which a part of the principal surface is exposed.